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1		-	S.B. No. 195
	1	+	By: Perry S.B. No. 195
	2	+	(Parker)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to collecting and reporting by the Department of Family
6	8		and Protective Services and the Health and Human Services
7	9		Commission of certain information relating to certain alcohol and
8	10		controlled substance use and treatment.
9	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	12		SECTION 1. Section 162.007(a), Family Code, is amended to
11	13		read as follows:
12	14		(a) The health history of the child must include information
13	15		about:
14	16		(1) the child's health status at the time of placement;
15	17		(2) the child's birth, neonatal, and other medical,
16	18		psychological, psychiatric, and dental history information,
17	19		including to the extent known by the Department of Family and
18	20		Protective Services based on the information collected under
19	21		Section 264.019 [department]:
20	22		(A) whether the child's birth mother consumed
21	23		alcohol during pregnancy; and
22	24		(B) whether the child has been diagnosed with
23	25		fetal alcohol spectrum disorder;
24	26		(3) a record of immunizations for the child; and
25	27		(4) the available results of medical, psychological,
26	28		psychiatric, and dental examinations of the child.
27	29		SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 264, Family Code, is
28	30		amended by adding Section 264.019 to read as follows:
29	31		Sec. 264.019. COLLECTION AND REPORTING OF ALCOHOL AND
30	32		CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE STATISTICS. (a) The department shall
31	33		collect the following information and update the department's
32	34		automated case tracking and information management system to allow
33	35		caseworkers to record:
34	36		(1) the number of children reported to the department
35	37		who at birth tested positive for the presence of alcohol or a
36	38		controlled substance;
37	39		(2) the controlled substances for which the children
38	40		described by Subdivision (1) tested positive;
39	41		(3) the number of children described by Subdivision
40	42		(1) who were removed from their homes and have been diagnosed as
41	43		having a disability or chronic medical condition resulting from the
42	44		presence of alcohol or controlled substances; and
43	45		(4) the number of parents who test positive for the
44	46		presence of a controlled substance during a department
45	47		investigation of a report of abuse or neglect of the parent's child.
46	48		(b) Not later than November 1 of each year, the department
47	49		shall:
48	50		(1) prepare for the preceding year a report
49	51		containing:
50	52		(A) the information collected under Subsection
51	53		(a); and
52	54		(B) the data collected under Section 531.02143,
53	55		Government Code;
54	56		(2) post a copy of the report prepared under
55	57		Subdivision (1) on the department's Internet website; and
56	58		(3) electronically submit to the legislature a copy of
57	59		the report.
58	60		(c) The commissioner of the department shall adopt rules
59	61		necessary to implement this section.
60	62		(d) The department is required to implement this section in
61	63		a state fiscal biennium only if the commissioner of the department
62	64		determines that the legislature has specifically appropriated an
63	65		amount sufficient to update the department's automated case
64	66		tracking and information management system. If the commissioner of
65	67		the department does not make that determination, the department
66	68		shall implement this section not later than the date of the
67	69		department's next update of the automated case tracking and
68	70		information management system.
69	71		SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
70	72		amended by adding Section 531.02143 to read as follows:
71	73		Sec. 531.02143. DATA REGARDING POSTNATAL ALCOHOL AND
72	74		CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TREATMENT. (a) The commission shall collect
73	75		hospital discharge data for Medicaid recipients regarding
74	76		treatment of a newborn child for prenatal exposure to alcohol or a
75	77		controlled substance.
76	78		(b) The commission shall provide the data collected under
77	79		Subsection (a) to the Department of Family and Protective Services.
78	80		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020.
79		-	______________________________ ______________________________
80		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
81		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 195 passed the Senate on
82		-	April 11, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
83		-	______________________________
84		-	Secretary of the Senate
85		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 195 passed the House on
86		-	May 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 6, two
87		-	present not voting.
88		-	______________________________
89		-	Chief Clerk of the House
90		-	Approved:
91		-	______________________________
92		-	Date
93		-	______________________________
94		-	Governor