Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4263 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R2946 MM-D
2	2	By: Klick H.B. No. 4263
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to developing a strategic plan to ensure the provision of
8	8	prevention and early intervention services complies with federal
9	9	law.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 265, Family Code, is
12	12	amended by adding Section 265.0051 to read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 265.0051. STRATEGIC PLAN REGARDING FEDERAL FAMILY
14	14	FIRST PREVENTION SERVICES ACT. (a) The department shall develop a
15	15	strategic plan to ensure that the provision of prevention and early
16	16	intervention services meets the requirements of the federal Family
17	17	First Prevention Services Act (Title VII, Div. E, Pub. L.
18	18	No. 115-123).
19	19	(b) The strategic plan required under this section must:
20	20	(1) identify for federal approval a network of
21	21	prevention and early intervention services providers to provide
22	22	mental health, substance use, and in-home parenting support
23	23	services for:
24	24	(A) children at risk of entering foster care;
25	25	(B) the parents and caregivers of children
26	26	identified under Paragraph (A); and
27	27	(C) pregnant or parenting youth in foster care;
28	28	(2) identify methods to:
29	29	(A) maximize resources from the federal
30	30	government under the federal Family First Prevention Services Act
31	31	(Title VII, Div. E, Pub. L. No. 115-123);
32	32	(B) apply for other available federal and private
33	33	funds;
34	34	(C) streamline and reduce duplication of effort
35	35	by each state agency involved in providing prevention and early
36	36	intervention services; and
37	37	(D) streamline the procedures for determining
38	38	eligibility for prevention and early intervention services;
39	39	(3) include a method to:
40	40	(A) notify the Senate Health and Human Services
41	41	Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, the House Committee on
42	42	Human Services, the House Committee on Public Health, and the House
43	43	Appropriations Committee of federal and private funding
44	44	opportunities; and
45	45	(B) respond to the opportunities described by
46	46	Paragraph (A); and
47	47	(4) identify opportunities to coordinate with
48	48	independent researchers to assist community programs in evaluating
49	49	and developing trauma-informed services and promising, supported,
50	50	or well-supported services and strategies under the federal Family
51	51	First Prevention Services Act (Title VII, Div. E, Pub. L.
52	52	No. 115-123).
53	53	(c) In developing the network of providers described by
54	54	Subsection (b)(1), the department shall consult with the Health and
55	55	Human Services Commission, the Department of State Health Services,
56	56	and community stakeholders.
57	57	(d) In developing the procedure described by Subsection
58	58	(b)(2), the department shall consult with the Health and Human
59	59	Services Commission and the Department of State Health Services.
60	60	(e) This section expires March 1, 2021.
61	61	SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2020, the Department
62	62	of Family and Protective Services shall make the plan required by
63	63	Section 265.0051, Family Code, as added by this Act, available to
64	64	the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, the Senate Finance
65	65	Committee, the House Committee on Human Services, the House
66	66	Committee on Public Health, and the House Appropriations Committee.
67	67	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.