| 1 | 1 | | 85R13110 MK-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Burkett H.B. No. 3095 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the requirements of the Department of Family and |
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| 8 | 8 | | Protective Services strategic plan for prevention and early |
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| 9 | 9 | | intervention services. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 265.005, Family Code, is amended by |
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| 12 | 12 | | amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (f) to read as |
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| 13 | 13 | | follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b) A strategic plan required under this section must: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) identify methods to leverage other sources of |
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| 16 | 16 | | funding or provide support for existing community-based prevention |
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| 17 | 17 | | efforts; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) include a needs assessment that identifies |
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| 19 | 19 | | programs to best target the needs of the highest risk populations |
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| 20 | 20 | | and geographic areas; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (3) identify the goals and priorities for the |
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| 22 | 22 | | department's overall prevention efforts; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (4) report the results of previous prevention efforts |
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| 24 | 24 | | using available information in the plan; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (5) identify additional methods of measuring program |
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| 26 | 26 | | effectiveness and results or outcomes; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (6) identify methods to collaborate with other state |
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| 28 | 28 | | agencies on prevention efforts; [and] |
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| 29 | 29 | | (7) identify specific strategies to implement the plan |
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| 30 | 30 | | and to develop measures for reporting on the overall progress |
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| 31 | 31 | | toward the plan's goals; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | (8) include a growth strategy with the goal of |
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| 33 | 33 | | increasing the number of families receiving prevention and early |
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| 34 | 34 | | intervention services each year, subject to the availability of |
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| 35 | 35 | | funds, with the initial goal of providing services to 50 percent of |
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| 36 | 36 | | the highest risk families that are eligible to receive services |
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| 37 | 37 | | through home visiting and community-based programs financed with |
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| 38 | 38 | | federal, state, local, or private resources. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (f) In this section, "highest risk family" means a family |
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| 40 | 40 | | that has children five years of age or younger and whose family |
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| 41 | 41 | | income is at or below 50 percent of the federal poverty level. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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