Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1279 Compare Versions

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1		-	By: West, et al. S.B. No. 1279
2		-	(Phelan)
	1	+	By: West, Powell, Zaffirini S.B. No. 1279
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5	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	5		AN ACT
7	6		relating to prevention and early intervention programs and
8	7		practices.
9	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	9		SECTION 1. Section 264.201(d), Family Code, is amended to
11	10		read as follows:
12	11		(d) The services may include in-home programs, parenting
13	12		skills training, youth coping skills, and individual and family
14	13		counseling. If the department requires or a court orders parenting
15	14		skills training services through a parenting education program or
16	15		practice, the program or practice must be an evidence-based program
17	16		or practice, promising [practice parenting education] program or
18	17		practice, or evidence-informed program or practice described by
19	18		Section 265.151 that is provided in the community in which the
20	19		family resides, if available.
21	20		SECTION 2. Section 265.004(a-1), Family Code, is amended to
22	21		read as follows:
23	22		(a-1) The department shall ensure that not less than 75
24	23		percent of the money appropriated for home visiting programs and
25	24		parenting education programs under Subsection (a) funds
26	25		evidence-based programs or practices described by Section
27	26		265.151(b) and that the remainder of that money funds promising
28	27		[practice] programs or practices described by Section 265.151(c)
29	28		and evidence-informed programs or practices described by Section
30	29		265.151(d).
31	30		SECTION 3. The heading to Subchapter D, Chapter 265, Family
32	31		Code, is amended to read as follows:
33	32		SUBCHAPTER D. EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES [PARENTING
34	33		EDUCATION]
35	34		SECTION 4. The heading to Section 265.151, Family Code, is
36	35		amended to read as follows:
37	36		Sec. 265.151. REQUIREMENTS FOR [PARENTING EDUCATION]
38	37		PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES ON EVIDENCE-BASED SPECTRUM.
39	38		SECTION 5. Section 265.151, Family Code, is amended by
40	39		amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read
41	40		as follows:
42	41		(b) An evidence-based program or practice is a [parenting
43	42		education] program or practice that:
44	43		(1) is research-based and grounded in relevant,
45	44		empirical knowledge and program-determined outcomes;
46	45		(2) has comprehensive standards ensuring the highest
47	46		quality service delivery with continuous improvement in the quality
48	47		of service delivery;
49	48		(3) has demonstrated significant positive [short-term
50	49		and long-term] outcomes;
51	50		(4) is listed as an evidence-based program or practice
52	51		by a nationally recognized clearinghouse associated with a state or
53	52		federal agency or an institution of higher education or, during the
54	53		preceding 10 years, has been subject to an external evaluation that
55	54		showed positive results and was published in peer-reviewed
56	55		literature [has been evaluated by at least one rigorous, random,
57	56		controlled research trial across heterogeneous populations or
58	57		communities with research results that have been published in a
59	58		peer-reviewed journal];
60	59		(5) substantially complies with a program manual or
61	60		design that specifies the purpose, outcomes, duration, and
62	61		frequency of the program services; [and]
63	62		(6) employs well-trained and competent staff and
64	63		provides continual relevant professional development opportunities
65	64		to the staff;
66	65		(7) is associated with a national organization,
67	66		institution of higher education, or national or state public health
68	67		institute; and
69	68		(8) demonstrates substantial connections to other
70	69		community-based services.
71	70		(c) A promising [practice] program or practice is a
72	71		[parenting education] program or practice that:
73	72		(1) has an active impact evaluation program or
74	73		demonstrates a schedule for implementing an active impact
75	74		evaluation program;
76	75		(2) is listed as a promising program or practice by a
77	76		nationally recognized clearinghouse associated with a state or
78	77		federal agency or an institution of higher education or, during the
79	78		preceding 10 years, has been subject to an external evaluation that
80	79		showed positive results and was published in peer-reviewed
81	80		literature [has been evaluated by at least one outcome-based study
82	81		demonstrating effectiveness or random, controlled trial in a
83	82		homogeneous sample];
84	83		(3) substantially complies with a program manual or
85	84		design that specifies the purpose, outcomes, duration, and
86	85		frequency of the program services;
87	86		(4) employs well-trained and competent staff and
88	87		provides continual relevant professional development opportunities
89	88		to the staff; [and]
90	89		(5) is research-based and grounded in relevant,
91	90		empirical knowledge and program-determined outcomes; and
92	91		(6) demonstrates substantial connections to other
93	92		community-based services.
94	93		(d) An evidence-informed program or practice is a program or
95	94		practice that:
96	95		(1) combines well-researched interventions with
97	96		clinical experience and ethics, and client preferences and culture,
98	97		to guide and inform the delivery of treatments and services;
99	98		(2) has an active impact evaluation program or
100	99		demonstrates a schedule for implementing an active impact
101	100		evaluation program;
102	101		(3) substantially complies with a program manual or
103	102		design that specifies the purpose, outcome, duration, and frequency
104	103		of the program services; and
105	104		(4) employs well-trained and competent staff and
106	105		provides continual relevant professional development opportunities
107	106		to the staff.
108	107		SECTION 6. Section 265.152, Family Code, is amended to read
109	108		as follows:
110	109		Sec. 265.152. OUTCOMES OF EVIDENCE-BASED PREVENTION AND
111	110		EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES [PARENTING EDUCATION].
112	111		The department shall ensure that a prevention and early
113	112		intervention [parenting education] program or practice provided
114	113		under this subchapter [chapter] achieves favorable behavioral
115	114		outcomes in at least two of the following areas:
116	115		(1) improved cognitive development of children;
117	116		(2) increased [school] readiness for and
118	117		participation and performance in school [of children];
119	118		(3) reduced child abuse, neglect, and injury;
120	119		(4) improved child safety;
121	120		(5) improved social-emotional development of children
122	121		and youth;
123	122		(6) increased protective factors [improved parenting
124	123		skills], including nurturing, [and] bonding, and other parenting
125	124		skills;
126	125		(7) improved family economic self-sufficiency;
127	126		(8) reduced parental or youth involvement with the
128	127		criminal justice system; [and]
129	128		(9) increased paternal involvement and support;
130	129		(10) improved maternal and child health; and
131	130		(11) increased protective factors for youth.
132	131		SECTION 7. Section 265.153, Family Code, is amended to read
133	132		as follows:
134	133		Sec. 265.153. EVALUATION OF PREVENTION AND EARLY
135	134		INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES [EVIDENCE-BASED PARENTING
136	135		EDUCATION]. (a) The department shall adopt outcome indicators to
137	136		measure the effectiveness of prevention and early intervention
138	137		[parenting education] programs and practices provided under this
139	138		subchapter [chapter] in achieving desired outcomes.
140	139		(b) The department may work directly with the model
141	140		developer of a prevention and early intervention [parenting
142	141		education] program or practice to identify appropriate outcome
143	142		indicators for the program or practice and to ensure that the
144	143		program or practice substantially complies with the model.
145	144		(c) The department shall develop internal processes to
146	145		share information with prevention and early intervention service
147	146		providers [parenting education programs] to assist the department
148	147		in analyzing the performance of the programs or practices.
149	148		(d) The department shall use information obtained under
150	149		this section to:
151	150		(1) monitor prevention and early intervention
152	151		[parenting education] programs and practices;
153	152		(2) continually improve the quality of the programs
154	153		and practices; and
155	154		(3) evaluate the effectiveness of the programs and
156	155		practices.
157	156		SECTION 8. Section 265.154, Family Code, is amended to read
158	157		as follows:
159	158		Sec. 265.154. REPORTS TO LEGISLATURE. (a) Not later than
160	159		December 1 of each even-numbered year, the department shall prepare
161	160		and submit a report on state-funded prevention and early
162	161		intervention [parenting education] programs and practices to the
163	162		standing committees of the senate and house of representatives with
164	163		jurisdiction over child protective services.
165	164		(b) A report submitted under this section must include:
166	165		(1) a description of the prevention and early
167	166		intervention [parenting education] programs and practices
168	167		implemented and of the models associated with the programs and
169	168		practices;
170	169		(2) information on the families served by the programs
171	170		and practices, including the number of families served and their
172	171		demographic information;
173	172		(3) the goals and achieved outcomes of the implemented
174	173		programs and practices;
175	174		(4) information on the cost for each family served,
176	175		including any available third-party return-on-investment analysis;
177	176		and
178	177		(5) information explaining the percentage of money
179	178		spent on evidence-based programs and practices, on promising
180	179		[practice] programs and practices, and on evidence-informed
181	180		programs and practices.
182	181		SECTION 9. Section 265.151(a), Family Code, is repealed.
183	182		SECTION 10. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.