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