85R6568 MM-D
By: Perry S.B. No. 889
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to collecting and reporting certain information by the
Department of Family and Protective Services relating to certain
alcohol and controlled substance use.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 162.007, Family Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (g) to read as
follows:
(a) The health history of the child must include information
about:
(1) the child's health status at the time of placement;
(2) the child's birth, neonatal, and other medical,
psychological, psychiatric, and dental history information,
including to the extent known by the Department of Family and
Protective Services based on the information collected under
Section 264.019:
(A) whether the child's birth mother consumed
alcohol during pregnancy; and
(B) whether the child has been diagnosed with
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder;
(3) a record of immunizations for the child; and
(4) the available results of medical, psychological,
psychiatric, and dental examinations of the child.
(g) In this section, "fetal alcohol spectrum disorder"
means any of a group of conditions that can occur in a person whose
mother consumed alcohol during pregnancy.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 264, Family Code, is
amended by adding Section 264.019 to read as follows:
Sec. 264.019. COLLECTION AND REPORTING OF ALCOHOL AND
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE STATISTICS. (a) The department shall collect
the following information and update the department's case tracking
and information management system to allow caseworkers to record:
(1) the number of children reported to the department
who at birth tested positive for the presence of alcohol or a
controlled substance;
(2) the controlled substances for which the children
described by Subdivision (1) tested positive;
(3) the number of children described by Subdivision
(1) who were removed from their homes and have been diagnosed as
having a disability or chronic medical condition resulting from the
presence of alcohol or controlled substances; and
(4) the number of parents who test positive for the
presence of a controlled substance during a department
investigation of a report of abuse or neglect of the parent's child.
(b) Not later than November 1 of each year, the department
shall:
(1) prepare for the preceding year a report containing
the information collected under Subsection (a);
(2) post a copy of the report prepared under
Subdivision (1) on the department's Internet website; and
(3) electronically submit to the legislature a copy of
the report.
(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary
to implement this section.
SECTION 3. The Department of Family and Protective Services
shall submit the first report required by Section 264.019(b),
Family Code, as added by this Act, not later than November 1, 2018.
SECTION 4. Section 264.019, Family Code, as added by this
Act, applies to information collected by the Department of Family
and Protective Services on and after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.