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1	2		By: Parker, Zerwas, Miller, H.B. No. 4183
2	3		Thompson of Harris, Sanford, et al.
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5	6		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	7		AN ACT
7	8		relating to addressing adverse childhood experiences and
8	9		developing a strategic plan to address those experiences.
9	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	11		SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
11	12		amended by adding Section 531.0222 to read as follows:
12	13		Sec. 531.0222. COORDINATION TO ADDRESS ADVERSE CHILDHOOD
13	14		EXPERIENCES; PROGRESS REPORT AND STRATEGIC PLAN. (a) In this
14	15		section, "adverse childhood experience" includes:
15	16		(1) abuse as defined by Section 261.001, Family Code;
16	17		(2) neglect as defined by Section 261.001, Family
17	18		Code;
18	19		(3) family violence as defined by Section 71.004,
19	20		Family Code;
20	21		(4) death of a parent;
21	22		(5) parental separation or divorce; and
22	23		(6) substance use disorder, mental illness, or
23	24		incarceration of a member of a child's household.
24	25		(b) A program, service, or support established under this
25	26		section may not include sex education.
26	27		(c) In order to reduce exposure of children in this state to
27	28		adverse childhood experiences and to address the social, health,
28	29		and economic impacts of those experiences, the commission, in
29	30		collaboration with the Department of Family and Protective
30	31		Services, the Department of State Health Services, the Texas
31	32		Education Agency, the Texas Workforce Commission, the office of the
32	33		attorney general, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, and an
33	34		institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003,
34	35		Education Code, with expertise in addressing adverse childhood
35	36		experiences through a public health framework shall:
36	37		(1) analyze data related to the causes and effects of
37	38		adverse childhood experiences, including data from the Behavioral
38	39		Risk Factor Surveillance System established by the Centers for
39	40		Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health
40	41		Service;
41	42		(2) evaluate prevention needs and gaps in services and
42	43		support regarding awareness, assessments, and interventions
43	44		addressing adverse childhood experiences;
44	45		(3) identify methods to incorporate best practices for
45	46		preventing and treating adverse childhood experiences into
46	47		existing services and support programs offered for children and
47	48		families; and
48	49		(4) develop and implement a five-year strategic plan
49	50		to prevent and address adverse childhood experiences.
50	51		(d) In developing the five-year strategic plan under
51	52		Subsection (c)(4), the commission may collaborate with
52	53		representatives of:
53	54		(1) state and local agencies and nonprofit
54	55		organizations that work directly with children and families;
55	56		(2) child welfare services providers;
56	57		(3) early childhood education programs;
57	58		(4) public schools;
58	59		(5) medical and mental health services providers;
59	60		(6) family support and social services providers;
60	61		(7) the law enforcement, judicial, and criminal
61	62		justice communities;
62	63		(8) faith-based organizations;
63		-	(9) the intellectual or developmental disability
64		-	community;
65		-	(10) families and children impacted by adverse
	64	+	(9) families and children impacted by adverse
66	65		childhood experiences; and
67		-	(11) the business and philanthropic communities.
	66	+	(10) the business and philanthropic communities.
68	67		(e) The strategic plan must incorporate a public health
69	68		approach that promotes collaboration between agencies and
70	69		community-based providers. The strategic plan may include
71	70		strategies to:
72	71		(1) train and educate professionals to assess,
73	72		intervene, and prevent adverse childhood experiences;
74	73		(2) provide trauma-informed practices for families,
75	74		children, and providers impacted by adverse childhood experiences;
76	75		(3) provide high quality child care;
77	76		(4) provide support to parents to develop social and
78	77		economic independence;
79	78		(5) provide support to strengthen the engagement of
80	79		fathers in their children's lives and establish paternity;
81	80		(6) incorporate voluntary, evidence-based home
82	81		visiting programs to strengthen families and to connect families to
83	82		community resources;
84	83		(7) develop parental support programs for teen parents
85	84		and young mothers;
86	85		(8) develop parental education training and
87	86		counseling programs;
88	87		(9) identify best practices for child protective
89	88		services and investigations;
90	89		(10) prevent and treat mental illness and substance
91	90		use disorder;
92		-	(11) prevent
93		-	family violence; and
	91	+	(11) prevent intimate partner and family violence; and
94	92		(12) prevent chronic diseases related to adverse
95	93		childhood experiences.
96	94		(f) The entities listed in Subsection (c) shall develop a
97	95		community awareness approach to implement the strategies and
98	96		recommendations in the strategic plan required under Subsection
99	97		(c)(4).
100	98		(g) The entities listed in Subsection (c) shall publish the
101	99		five-year strategic plan required by Subsection (c)(4) on their
102	100		respective Internet websites.
103	101		SECTION 2. Not later than March 1, 2020, the Health and
104	102		Human Services Commission shall develop a progress report to
105	103		include data, best practices, and implementable changes within the
106	104		commission's current capacity.
107	105		SECTION 3. Not later than December 31, 2020, the Health and
108	106		Human Services Commission shall:
109	107		(1) develop the five-year strategic plan required by
110	108		Section 531.0222(c)(4), Government Code, as added by this Act; and
111	109		(2) submit a report to the Senate Health and Human
112	110		Services Committee, the Senate Education Committee, the Senate
113	111		Criminal Justice Committee, the House Public Education Committee,
114	112		the House Juvenile Justice and Family Issues Committee, the House
115	113		Public Health Committee, and the House Human Services Committee
116	114		regarding the commission's strategies for preventing and treating
117	115		adverse childhood experiences and any plan to incorporate those
118	116		strategies into existing services and support programs for children
119	117		and families.
120	118		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.