Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3786 Compare Versions

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	1	+	86R19415 GCB-F
1	2		By: Coleman, Wu H.B. No. 3786
	3	+	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3786:
	4	+	By: Stickland C.S.H.B. No. 3786
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4	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	8		AN ACT
6	9		relating to a study conducted by counties on the effectiveness of
7	10		establishing a family drug court; establishing a family drug court
8	11		grant program.
9	12		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	13		SECTION 1. Chapter 122, Government Code, is amended by
11	14		adding Sections 122.005 and 122.006 to read as follows:
12		-	Sec. 122.005. FAMILY DRUG COURT STUDY. (a) The
13		-	commissioners court of a county that has not established a family
14		-	drug court program may conduct a study of the effect the creation of
15		-	a family drug court would have in the county. If the commissioners
16		-	court conducts a study under this section, the sheriff and, as
17		-	applicable, the county attorney, district attorney, or criminal
18		-	district attorney shall assist in conducting the study.
19		-	(b) A commissioners court that conducts a study under this
20		-	section shall request assistance from the following persons located
21		-	in the county:
	15	+	Sec. 122.005. FAMILY DRUG COURT STUDY. (a) Not later than
	16	+	September 1, 2020, the commissioners court of each county that has
	17	+	not established a family drug court program shall study the effect
	18	+	the creation of a family drug court would have in the county. The
	19	+	sheriff and, as applicable, the county attorney, district attorney,
	20	+	or criminal district attorney shall assist in conducting the study.
	21	+	(b) Each commissioners court in a county conducting the
	22	+	study required by Subsection (a) shall request assistance from the
	23	+	following persons located in the county:
22	24		(1) judges;
23	25		(2) child protective services caseworkers and
24	26		supervisors;
25	27		(3) attorneys ad litem;
26	28		(4) guardians ad litem;
27	29		(5) drug treatment providers;
28	30		(6) family and child therapists;
29	31		(7) peer recovery coach providers;
30	32		(8) domestic violence victim advocates;
31	33		(9) housing partners;
32	34		(10) drug coordinators;
33	35		(11) drug court services managers; and
34	36		(12) drug court case managers.
35		-	(c) A study conducted under this section must analyze the
36		-	effectiveness of:
	37	+	(c) The study must analyze the effectiveness of:
37	38		(1) creating a court that specializes in cases in
38	39		which a parent or person standing in parental relation suffers from
39	40		drug addiction; and
40	41		(2) case management used by a family drug court
41	42		program, including the involvement of Department of Family and
42	43		Protective Services caseworkers, court-appointed case managers,
43	44		and court-appointed special advocates, to rehabilitate a parent or
44	45		person standing in parental relation who has had a child removed
45	46		from the parent's or person's care by the department or who is under
46	47		investigation to determine if a child should be removed from the
47	48		parent's or person's care by the department.
48	49		(d) This section expires January 1, 2021.
49	50		Sec. 122.006. GRANT FUNDING FOR FAMILY DRUG COURTS. (a)
50	51		The family drug court fund is a dedicated account in the general
51	52		revenue fund in the state treasury.
52	53		(b) The family drug court fund consists of:
53	54		(1) appropriations of money to the fund by the
54	55		legislature; and
55	56		(2) gifts, grants, including grants from the federal
56	57		government, and other donations received for the fund.
57	58		(c) The Health and Human Services Commission shall
58	59		administer the family drug court fund. Money in the account may be
59	60		used only to award grants to counties to establish and administer a
60	61		family drug court. To receive money from the family drug court fund
61	62		a county must submit the study conducted under Section 122.005 on
62	63		the effect of the creation of a family drug court in the county and a
63	64		detailed proposal of the establishment of the court.
64	65		SECTION 2. The Health and Human Services Commission shall
65	66		adopt rules establishing the criteria for awarding a grant to
66	67		counties to establish a family drug court under Section 122.006,
67	68		Government Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 1,
68	69		2020.
69	70		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.