Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB473 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R2536 MCK-D
2	2	By: Howard H.B. No. 473
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the Department of Family and Protective Services
8	8	reporting certain information regarding youth in the managing
9	9	conservatorship of the department who are pregnant or who are
10	10	parents.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 264.017(b), Family Code, is amended to
13	13	read as follows:
14	14	(b) The department shall provide the report required by
15	15	Subsection (a) to the legislature and shall publish the report and
16	16	make the report available electronically to the public not later
17	17	than February 1 of each year. The report must include, with respect
18	18	to the preceding year:
19	19	(1) information on the number and disposition of
20	20	reports of child abuse and neglect received by the department;
21	21	(2) information on the number of clients for whom the
22	22	department took protective action, including investigations,
23	23	alternative responses, and court-ordered removals;
24	24	(3) information on the number of clients for whom the
25	25	department provided services in each program administered by the
26	26	child protective services division, including investigations,
27	27	alternative responses, family-based safety services,
28	28	conservatorship, post-adoption services, and transitional living
29	29	services;
30	30	(4) the number of children in this state who died as a
31	31	result of child abuse or neglect;
32	32	(5) the number of children described by Subdivision
33	33	(4) for whom the department was the children's managing conservator
34	34	at the time of death;
35	35	(6) information on the timeliness of the department's
36	36	initial contact in an investigation or alternative response;
37	37	(7) information on the response time by the department
38	38	in commencing services to families and children for whom an
39	39	allegation of child abuse or neglect has been made;
40	40	(8) information regarding child protection staffing
41	41	and caseloads by program area;
42	42	(9) information on the permanency goals in place and
43	43	achieved for children in the managing conservatorship of the
44	44	department, including information on the timeliness of achieving
45	45	the goals, the stability of the children's placement in foster
46	46	care, and the proximity of placements to the children's home
47	47	counties;
48	48	(10) the number of children who suffer from a severe
49	49	emotional disturbance and for whom the department is appointed
50	50	managing conservator, including statistics on appointments as
51	51	joint managing conservator, due to an individual voluntarily
52	52	relinquishing custody of a child solely to obtain mental health
53	53	services for the child;
54	54	(11) the following information regarding [number of]
55	55	children who are pregnant or who are parents [a parent] while in the
56	56	managing conservatorship of the department:
57	57	(A) the number of pregnant female children in the
58	58	managing conservatorship of the department who are at least 13
59	59	years of age but younger than 18 years of age compared to the total
60	60	number of female children in the managing conservatorship of the
61	61	department who are at least 13 years of age but younger than 18
62	62	years of age;
63	63	(B) the number of female children in the managing
64	64	conservatorship of the department who are at least 13 years of age
65	65	but younger than 18 years of age and who have given birth to a child
66	66	compared to the total number of female children in the managing
67	67	conservatorship of the department who are at least 13 years of age
68	68	but younger than 18 years of age;
69	69	(C) the number of pregnant female youth in the
70	70	managing conservatorship of the department who are younger than 22
71	71	years of age and the following information for each youth:
72	72	(i) the youth's age;
73	73	(ii) the youth's race and ethnicity;
74	74	(iii) the youth's county of residence;
75	75	(iv) the time the youth has been in
76	76	substitute care; and
77	77	(v) the type of substitute care in which the
78	78	youth is placed;
79	79	(D) the number of youth in the managing
80	80	conservatorship of the department who are younger than 22 years of
81	81	age and who are parents and the following information for each
82	82	youth:
83	83	(i) the youth's gender;
84	84	(ii) the youth's age;
85	85	(iii) the youth's race and ethnicity;
86	86	(iv) the youth's county of residence;
87	87	(v) the time the youth has been in
88	88	substitute care; and
89	89	(vi) the type of substitute care in which
90	90	the youth is placed;
91	91	(E) the number of youth in the managing
92	92	conservatorship of the department who are parents of a child who is
93	93	also in the managing conservatorship of the department and the
94	94	following information for each youth:
95	95	(i) the type of substitute care in which the
96	96	youth is placed; and
97	97	(ii) whether the youth and the child are
98	98	placed together;
99	99	(F) for youth described by Paragraphs (C) and (D)
100	100	who exit the department's conservatorship, the following
101	101	information for each youth:
102	102	(i) whether the youth is adopted, reunited
103	103	with the youth's family, or emancipated;
104	104	(ii) the youth's age on the date the youth
105	105	exited the department's conservatorship; and
106	106	(iii) the time the youth spent in
107	107	substitute care;
108	108	(G) the number of children in the managing
109	109	conservatorship of the department who are at least 11 years of age
110	110	but younger than 18 years of age and who are pregnant or who are
111	111	parents at the time the child enters the conservatorship of the
112	112	department; and
113	113	(H) the number of children in the managing
114	114	conservatorship of the department who are at least 11 years of age
115	115	but younger than 18 years of age and who become pregnant or who
116	116	become parents while in the conservatorship of the department [and
117	117	the number of the children born to a parent in the managing
118	118	conservatorship of the department who are placed in the managing
119	119	conservatorship of the department];
120	120	(12) the number of children who are missing from the
121	121	children's substitute care provider while in the managing
122	122	conservatorship of the department; and
123	123	(13) the number of children who were victims of
124	124	trafficking under Chapter 20A, Penal Code, while in the managing
125	125	conservatorship of the department.
126	126	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.