By: Watson S.B. No. 1289
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a Department of Family and Protective Services plan to
address the substitute care capacity needs in certain department
regions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 264.1261(b), Family Code, as added by
Chapter 319 (S.B. 11), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2017, is amended to read as follows:
(b) Appropriate department management personnel from a
child protective services region in which community-based care has
not been implemented, in collaboration with foster care providers,
faith-based entities, and child advocates in that region, shall use
data collected by the department on foster care capacity needs and
availability of each type of foster care and kinship placement in
the region to create a plan to address the substitute care capacity
needs in the region. The plan must identify:
(1) [both] short-term and long-term goals and
strategies for addressing those capacity needs; and
(2) the capacity and geographic distribution of the
following foster placements:
(A) licensed residential family-based substance
use treatment facilities;
(B) qualified residential treatment programs as
defined in the federal Family First Prevention Services Act (Title
VII, Div. E, Pub. L. No. 115-123);
(C) settings specializing in providing prenatal,
post-partum, or parenting supports for youth;
(D) supervised settings in which a child who has
attained 18 years of age is living independently; and
(E) settings providing high-quality residential
care to children and youth who have been found to be, or are at risk
of becoming, sex trafficking victims.
SECTION 2. Sections 264.1261(a) and (b), Family Code, as
added by Chapter 822 (H.B. 1549), Acts of the 85th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2017, are repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.