Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	87R26774 BDP-F
2	1		By: Campbell S.B. No. 1079
3		-	(Noble)
4		-	Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1079: No.
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7	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	5		AN ACT
9	6		relating to monthly reports of certain activity of the Department
10	7		of Family and Protective Services.
11	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	9		SECTION 1. Section 264.017, Family Code, is amended by
13	10		adding Subsections (f), (g), and (h) to read as follows:
14	11		(f) In addition to the other reports required by this
15	12		section, the department shall publish a monthly report containing
16	13		the following information for the preceding month:
17	14		(1) with respect to statewide intake:
18	15		(A) the number of child abuse, neglect, or
19	16		exploitation reports received sorted by the source of the report;
20	17		(B) the number of child abuse, neglect, or
21	18		exploitation reports that met the statutory definition of child
22	19		abuse, neglect, or exploitation that were referred for
23	20		investigation sorted by the type of allegation and the number of
24	21		reports that were confirmed as abuse, neglect, or exploitation
25	22		after an investigation;
26	23		(C) the average time to process an electronic
27	24		report of child abuse, neglect, or exploitation;
28	25		(D) the average hold time for calls to the
29	26		department's abuse hotline;
30	27		(E) the percentage of calls to the department's
31	28		abuse hotline that were abandoned before the caller spoke with a
32	29		person; and
33	30		(F) the number of calls received by the Texas
34	31		Youth Helpline regarding runaway youth;
35	32		(2) with respect to child protective investigations:
36	33		(A) the total number of cases opened;
37	34		(B) the total number of cases completed and
38	35		closed sorted by the manner in which the case was closed;
39	36		(C) the average number of days to close a case;
40	37		(D) the total number of cases opened at
41	38		residential child-care facilities;
42	39		(E) the total percentage of cases assigned the
43	40		highest and second highest priorities the investigations of which
44	41		were started within the time required by Section 261.301;
45	42		(F) the total number of cases for which the
46	43		determination was changed after an administrative review within 12
47	44		months of the date of the determination; and
48	45		(G) the percentage of alleged victims in
49	46		investigations that were closed without providing services for
50	47		which, within 12 months of the date the case was closed, the
51	48		department:
52	49		(i) confirmed another allegation of abuse,
53	50		neglect, or exploitation against the child; or
54	51		(ii) opened another stage for services;
55	52		(3) with respect to family-based safety services:
56	53		(A) the total number of cases opened;
57	54		(B) the total number of cases closed;
58	55		(C) the average number of days to close a case;
59	56		(D) the percentage of cases in which a child was
60	57		eventually removed from the child's home; and
61	58		(E) the percentage of cases which were closed
62	59		without providing further services for which, within 12 months of
63	60		the date the case was closed, the department:
64	61		(i) confirmed another allegation of abuse,
65	62		neglect, or exploitation against the child; or
66	63		(ii) opened another stage for services;
67	64		(4) with respect to conservatorship services:
68	65		(A) the total number of children removed from
69	66		their home;
70	67		(B) the total number of children who exited from
71	68		the managing conservatorship of the department sorted by the manner
72	69		in which the child exited;
73	70		(C) the average number of months a child remained
74	71		in the managing conservatorship of the department;
75	72		(D) the average number of placements a child has
76	73		while in the managing conservatorship of the department;
77	74		(E) the percentage of sibling groups placed with
78	75		the same foster family;
79	76		(F) the percentage of youth who have aged out of
80	77		foster care and completed the Preparation for Adult Living program;
81	78		(G) the percentage of youth who exited from the
82	79		managing conservatorship of the department to a permanent
83	80		placement;
84	81		(H) the percentage of children who are adopted
85	82		within 12 months of the date their parent's parental rights were
86	83		terminated;
87	84		(I) the percentage of children in the managing
88	85		conservatorship of the department for longer than two years who
89	86		achieve permanency;
90	87		(J) the percentage of children who are returned
91	88		to their parents and for whom, within 12 months of the date the case
92	89		was closed, the department:
93	90		(i) confirmed another allegation of abuse,
94	91		neglect, or exploitation against the child; or
95	92		(ii) opened another stage for services;
96	93		(K) the percentage of children in the managing
97	94		conservatorship of the department who are placed with a relative
98	95		caregiver; and
99	96		(L) the percentage of children in foster care
100	97		placed in each county in the state;
101	98		(5) with respect to residential child-care licensing:
102	99		(A) the percentage of investigations in which the
103	100		department made a high risk finding;
104	101		(B) the percentage of child-care facilities with
105	102		no recent violations;
106	103		(C) the number of illegal operations identified,
107	104		resolved, and pending; and
108	105		(D) the number of validated allegations of child
109	106		abuse, neglect, or exploitation in child-care facilities; and
110		-	(6) with respect to parental child safety placement
111		-	agreements:
112		-	(A) the number of children placed under a
113		-	parental child safety placement agreement;
114		-	(B) the average duration of a placement under a
115		-	parental child safety placement agreement;
116		-	(C) the average duration of a placement under a
117		-	parental child safety placement agreement during an investigation;
118		-	and
119		-	(D) the percentage of children removed from a
120		-	placement under a parental child safety placement agreement and
121		-	placed in the managing conservatorship of the department.
	107	+	(6) with respect to staffing in statewide intake,
	108	+	residential child-care investigations, child protective
	109	+	investigations, family-based safety services, and conservatorship
	110	+	services:
	111	+	(A) the percentage of caseworker turnover;
	112	+	(B) the total number of caseworkers hired;
	113	+	(C) the total number of caseworkers terminated;
	114	+	(D) the average vacancy rate for caseworker
	115	+	positions; and
	116	+	(E) the average daily caseloads for caseworkers.
122	117		(g) The department shall provide the report required by
123	118		Subsection (f) to the legislature and shall publish the report and
124	119		make the report available electronically to the public not later
125	120		than the 30th day after the end of the month for which the report is
126	121		made.
127	122		(h) The department may contract with a third party to assist
128	123		the department with collecting, analyzing, and reporting the data
129		-	required under Subsection (f). The third party must:
130		-	(1) be a Texas-based university;
131		-	(2) be independent of the department; and
132		-	(3) have demonstrated expertise in statistical,
133		-	financial, actuarial, logistical, and operational analysis.
	124	+	required under Subsection (f).
134	125		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.