86R13725 JG-D
By: Bowers H.B. No. 3180
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of a centralized homelessness crisis
response data system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter KK, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2306.911 to read as follows:
Sec. 2306.911. CENTRALIZED HOMELESSNESS CRISIS RESPONSE
DATA SYSTEM. (a) The council shall collaborate with a state agency
designated by the council to establish a centralized homelessness
crisis response data system through which state agencies, local
governmental entities, including law enforcement agencies, court
systems, school districts, and emergency service providers, and
other relevant persons are able to share and access information
related to individuals who experience chronic homelessness in order
to connect or refer those individuals to services, including
affordable housing opportunities.
(b) In developing the centralized homelessness crisis
response data system, the council and the state agency designated
by the council shall:
(1) consult with representatives of the entities
described by Subsection (a) to determine the challenges faced by
those entities in addressing chronic homelessness and how best to
improve the responses to those challenges; and
(2) enter into data sharing agreements as necessary
for the exchange of information relating to individuals
experiencing chronic homelessness through the centralized
homelessness crisis response data system.
(c) The centralized homelessness crisis response data
system established under this section must:
(1) to the extent permitted by a data sharing
agreement, collect data from other homelessness crisis response
systems maintained or operated by a state agency, local law
enforcement agency, or other entity of this state; and
(2) collect, aggregate, analyze, and share
homelessness information submitted to the centralized homelessness
crisis response data system with entities that have access to the
system.
SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2021, the Texas
Interagency Council for the Homeless described by Subchapter KK,
Chapter 2306, Government Code, or an entity designated by the
council shall prepare and submit to the legislature and the Texas
Department of Housing and Community Affairs a written report that
evaluates the effectiveness of the centralized homelessness crisis
response data system established under Section 2306.911,
Government Code, as added by this Act, in addressing chronic
homelessness in this state.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.