87R9309 MLH-D
By: Campos H.B. No. 3035
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the evaluation of family-based safety services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 40.05811 to read as follows:
Sec. 40.05811. EVALUATION OF FAMILY-BASED SAFETY SERVICES.
(a) The department shall evaluate family-based safety services
programs to ensure that the services provided through the programs
are designed to allow children to safely remain in their homes or to
make it possible for children to return to their homes. The
evaluation must examine the process by which the department
develops intervention plans for families to ensure that
intervention plans are designed to deliver the services that will
provide children with a safe environment and reduce the risk of
future abuse or neglect.
(b) The commission shall make changes to family-based
safety services programs based on the evaluation under Subsection
(a).
(c) The department shall evaluate family-based safety
services programs under this section every five years.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.