H.B. No. 932
AN ACT
relating to the collection of information concerning the number of
juvenile offenders committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice
Department who have been in foster care.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 243, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 243.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 243.008. INFORMATION CONCERNING FOSTER CARE HISTORY.
(a) In this section, "foster care" means the placement of a child
in the conservatorship of a state agency responsible for providing
child protective services.
(b) The department, during the admission process, shall
determine whether a child committed to the department has at any
time been in foster care. The department shall record the following
on the child's intake form:
(1) whether the child is currently in foster care; and
(2) if applicable, the number of times the child has
previously been placed in foster care.
(c) The Department of Family and Protective Services shall,
not later than the 14th day after receiving a request from a local
juvenile probation department, provide the following information
regarding a child in the custody of the probation department:
(1) whether the child is currently or has been in
foster care; and
(2) if applicable, the number of times the child has
previously been placed in foster care.
(d) The department, the Department of Family and Protective
Services, and local juvenile probation departments shall
collaborate to create a method or methods by which probation
departments statewide may access information from the Department of
Family and Protective Services relating to a child's placement in
foster care. Not later than March 1, 2018, the department shall
submit a report containing the method or methods created under this
subsection to each member of the legislature and each standing
committee of the legislature having primary jurisdiction over the
department. This subsection expires April 1, 2018.
(e
) Not later than January 31 of each even-numbered year,
the department shall submit a report to the governor, the
lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,
and each standing committee having primary jurisdiction over the
department. The report must summarize statistical information
concerning the total number and percentage of children in the
custody of the department during the preceding two years who have at
any time been in foster care.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 932 was passed by the House on April
20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 2, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 932 on May 20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 0, 2
present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 932 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 17, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor