85R1619 YDB-D
By: Wu H.B. No. 695
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of a caseload management system for
child protective services caseworkers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 40.0328 to read as follows:
Sec. 40.0328. CASEWORKER CASELOAD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. The
department shall manage the duties of caseworkers to maintain the
safety of children in child protective services by establishing a
caseload management system that:
(1) assigns a risk score to each child in the
department's care based on an assessment of the current and
potential risk of harm to the child from abuse or neglect;
(2) determines the appropriate number of cases to be
assigned to a caseworker based on the risk scores of the children
assigned to the caseworker; and
(3) proportionally limits the number of children with
higher risk scores that may be assigned to any one caseworker.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Department of Family and Protective Services shall
establish and implement the caseload management system as required
under Section 40.0328, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.