Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4228 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R10981 JG-F
2	2	By: White H.B. No. 4228
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to a memorandum of understanding between certain state
8	8	agencies related to training of employees and contractors who
9	9	provide certain services to children and families.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Sections 533.0415(a), (d), and (e), Health and
12	12	Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
13	13	(a) The executive commissioner, the Texas Juvenile Justice
14	14	Department, and the Texas Education Agency by rule shall adopt a
15	15	joint memorandum of understanding to develop interagency training
16	16	for individuals employed or contracted by [the staffs of] the
17	17	department, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, the Department
18	18	of Family and Protective Services, and the Texas Education Agency
19	19	who are involved in the functions of assessment, case planning,
20	20	case management, and in-home or direct delivery of services to
21	21	children, youth, and their families under this title. The
22	22	memorandum must:
23	23	(1) outline the responsibility of each agency in
24	24	coordinating, [and] developing, and implementing a plan for
25	25	interagency training on effective [individualized] assessment,
26	26	[and effective] intervention, and treatment services that are
27	27	individualized and provided in the least restrictive environment
28	28	appropriate for children and [dysfunctional] families; [and]
29	29	(2) identify the available training programs
30	30	administered by the state agencies identified by this subsection
31	31	and the eligibility requirements for those programs; and
32	32	(3) provide for the establishment of an interagency
33	33	work group [task force] to identify:
34	34	(A) common training needs for individuals
35	35	employed or contracted by the state agencies identified by this
36	36	subsection [develop a training program to include identified
37	37	competencies, content, and hours for completion of the training
38	38	with at least 20 hours of training required each year until the
39	39	program is completed]; and
40	40	(B) existing training and technical assistance
41	41	resources, including web-based resources, available across the
42	42	state agencies identified by this subsection that can be used to the
43	43	greatest extent possible for the implementation of the plan
44	44	described by Subdivision (1) [design a plan for implementing the
45	45	program, including regional site selection, frequency of training,
46	46	and selection of experienced clinical public and private
47	47	professionals or consultants to lead the training; and
48	48	[(C) monitor, evaluate, and revise the training
49	49	program, including the development of additional curricula based on
50	50	future training needs identified by staff and professionals].
51	51	(d) The appropriate division of the commission designated
52	52	by the commission shall act as the lead state agency in coordinating
53	53	the development and implementation of the memorandum.
54	54	(e) The executive commissioner and the state agencies
55	55	identified by Subsection (a) shall review and by rule revise the
56	56	memorandum not later than August of each odd-numbered year.
57	57	SECTION 2. Sections 533.0415(b) and (c), Health and Safety
58	58	Code, are repealed.
59	59	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.