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| 1 | 1 | 86R9448 MM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: West S.B. No. 1333 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to duties of the Department of Family and Protective | |
| 8 | 8 | Services to provide training regarding trauma-informed programs | |
| 9 | 9 | and services. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 264.015, Family Code, is amended by | |
| 12 | 12 | adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (d) The commissioner of the department shall adopt rules | |
| 14 | 14 | necessary to implement this section, including definitions of | |
| 15 | 15 | "trauma" and "trauma-informed care," using a negotiated rulemaking | |
| 16 | 16 | process under Chapter 2008, Government Code. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2019, the | |
| 18 | 18 | commissioner of the Department of Family and Protective Services | |
| 19 | 19 | shall adopt rules in accordance with Section 264.015(d), Family | |
| 20 | 20 | Code, as added by this Act. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 22 | 22 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 23 | 23 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |