86R33718 MM-D
By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 470
(Noble)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 470: No.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain duties of county child welfare boards and of the
Department of Family and Protective Services regarding county child
welfare boards.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 264.005, Family Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsections (h), (i), and (j) to
read as follows:
(f) A county child welfare [protective services] board
member may receive information that is confidential under Section
40.005, Human Resources Code, or Section 261.201 when the board
member is acting in the member's official capacity.
(h) The department:
(1) shall identify staff to collaborate with county
child welfare boards to:
(A) coordinate efforts between the department
and the boards in the provision of services; and
(B) maximize the resources of the department and
each board;
(2) may collect publicly available financial
information prepared by a county child welfare board for
distribution to the county commissioners court; and
(3) shall create and make available on the
department's Internet website a standardized form for each county
child welfare board to report:
(A) the amount and source of public funds
received by the board during the board's preceding fiscal year; and
(B) the amount and source of public funds
expended by the board during the board's preceding fiscal year,
including a description of the purpose of the expenditures.
(i) Not later than November 1 of each year, each county
child welfare board shall report the information described by
Subsection (h)(3) on the form created under that subdivision to:
(1) the department; and
(2) the commissioners court for the county or counties
in which the board operates.
(j) Notwithstanding Subsection (i), not later than January
1, 2020, each county child welfare board shall submit the initial
report required by this section. This subsection expires November
1, 2021.
SECTION 2. The Department of Family and Protective Services
shall create and distribute the form required by Section
264.005(h), Family Code, as added by this Act, not later than
November 1, 2019.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.