Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	S.B. No. 452
	1	+	87R28394 MCK-F
	2	+	By: West, et al. S.B. No. 452
	3	+	(Rose)
	4	+	Substitute the following for S.B. No. 452: No.
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	7	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	8		AN ACT
5	9		relating to prevention and early intervention programs and
6	10		practices.
7	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	12		SECTION 1. Section 264.201(d), Family Code, is amended to
9	13		read as follows:
10	14		(d) The services may include in-home programs, parenting
11	15		skills training, youth coping skills, and individual and family
12	16		counseling. If the department requires or a court orders parenting
13	17		skills training services through a parenting education program or
14	18		practice, the program or practice must be an evidence-based program
15	19		or practice or promising [practice parenting education] program or
16	20		practice [described by Section 265.151] that is provided in the
17	21		community in which the family resides, if available.
18	22		SECTION 2. Section 265.004(a-1), Family Code, is amended to
19	23		read as follows:
20	24		(a-1) The department shall ensure that not less than 75
21	25		percent of the money appropriated for parenting education programs
22	26		under Subsection (a) funds evidence-based programs or practices
23	27		described by Section 265.151(b) and that the remainder of that
24	28		money funds promising [practice] programs or practices described by
25	29		Section 265.151(c) or evidence-informed programs or practices
26	30		described by Section 265.151(d).
27	31		SECTION 3. The heading to Subchapter D, Chapter 265, Family
28	32		Code, is amended to read as follows:
29	33		SUBCHAPTER D. EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES [PARENTING
30	34		EDUCATION]
31	35		SECTION 4. The heading to Section 265.151, Family Code, is
32	36		amended to read as follows:
33	37		Sec. 265.151. REQUIREMENTS FOR [PARENTING EDUCATION]
34	38		PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES ON EVIDENCE-BASED SPECTRUM.
35	39		SECTION 5. Section 265.151, Family Code, is amended by
36	40		amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read
37	41		as follows:
38	42		(b) An evidence-based program or practice is a [parenting
39	43		education] program or practice that:
40	44		(1) is research-based and grounded in relevant,
41	45		empirical knowledge and program-determined outcomes;
42	46		(2) has comprehensive standards ensuring the highest
43	47		quality service delivery with continuous improvement in the quality
44	48		of service delivery;
45	49		(3) has demonstrated significant positive [short-term
46	50		and long-term] outcomes;
47	51		(4) has been evaluated by at least one rigorous,
48	52		random, controlled research trial across heterogeneous populations
49	53		or communities with research results that have been published in a
50	54		peer-reviewed journal;
51	55		(5) substantially complies with a program or practice
52	56		manual or design that specifies the purpose, outcomes, duration,
53	57		and frequency of the program or practice services; [and]
54	58		(6) employs well-trained and competent staff and
55	59		provides continual relevant professional development opportunities
56	60		to the staff; and
57	61		(7) is associated with an organization in this state,
58	62		a national organization, an institution of higher education, or a
59	63		national or state public health institute.
60	64		(c) A promising [practice] program or practice is a
61	65		[parenting education] program or practice that:
62	66		(1) has an active impact evaluation of the program or
63	67		practice or demonstrates a schedule for implementing an active
64	68		impact evaluation of the program or practice;
65	69		(2) has been evaluated by at least one outcome-based
66	70		study demonstrating effectiveness or random, controlled trial in a
67	71		homogeneous sample;
68	72		(3) substantially complies with a program or practice
69	73		manual or design that specifies the purpose, outcomes, duration,
70	74		and frequency of the program or practice services;
71	75		(4) employs well-trained and competent staff and
72	76		provides continual relevant professional development opportunities
73	77		to the staff; and
74	78		(5) is research-based and grounded in relevant,
75	79		empirical knowledge and program- or practice-determined
76	80		[program-determined] outcomes.
77	81		(d) An evidence-informed program or practice is a program or
78	82		practice that:
79	83		(1) combines well-researched interventions with
80	84		clinical experience and ethics, and client preferences and culture,
81	85		to guide and inform the delivery of treatments and services;
82	86		(2) has an active impact evaluation of the program or
83	87		practice or demonstrates a schedule for implementing an active
84	88		impact evaluation of the program or practice;
85	89		(3) substantially complies with a program or practice
86	90		manual or design that specifies the purpose, outcome, duration, and
87	91		frequency of the program or practice services; and
88	92		(4) employs well-trained and competent staff and
89	93		provides continual relevant professional development opportunities
90	94		to the staff.
91	95		SECTION 6. Section 265.152, Family Code, is amended to read
92	96		as follows:
93	97		Sec. 265.152. OUTCOMES OF EVIDENCE-BASED PREVENTION AND
94	98		EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES [PARENTING EDUCATION].
95	99		The department shall ensure that a prevention and early
96	100		intervention [parenting education] program or practice provided
97	101		under this subchapter [chapter] achieves favorable behavioral
98	102		outcomes in at least two of the following areas:
99	103		(1) improved cognitive development of children;
100	104		(2) increased [school] readiness for and
101	105		participation and performance in school [of children];
102	106		(3) reduced child abuse, neglect, and injury;
103	107		(4) improved child safety;
104	108		(5) improved social-emotional development of children
105	109		and youth;
106	110		(6) increased protective factors [improved parenting
107	111		skills], including nurturing, [and] bonding, and other parenting
108	112		skills;
109	113		(7) improved family economic self-sufficiency;
110	114		(8) reduced parental or youth involvement with the
111	115		criminal justice system; and
112	116		(9) increased paternal involvement and support.
113	117		SECTION 7. Section 265.153, Family Code, is amended to read
114	118		as follows:
115	119		Sec. 265.153. EVALUATION OF PREVENTION AND EARLY
116	120		INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES [EVIDENCE-BASED PARENTING
117	121		EDUCATION]. (a) The department shall adopt outcome indicators to
118	122		measure the effectiveness of prevention and early intervention
119	123		[parenting education] programs and practices provided under this
120	124		subchapter [chapter] in achieving desired outcomes.
121	125		(b) The department may work directly with the model
122	126		developer of a prevention and early intervention [parenting
123	127		education] program or practice to identify appropriate outcome
124	128		indicators for the program or practice and to ensure that the
125	129		program or practice substantially complies with the model.
126	130		(c) The department shall develop internal processes to
127	131		share information with prevention and early intervention service
128	132		providers [parenting education programs] to assist the department
129	133		in analyzing the performance of the programs or practices.
130	134		(d) The department shall use information obtained under
131	135		this section to:
132	136		(1) monitor prevention and early intervention
133	137		[parenting education] programs and practices;
134	138		(2) continually improve the quality of the programs
135	139		and practices; and
136	140		(3) evaluate the effectiveness of the programs and
137	141		practices.
138	142		SECTION 8. Section 265.154, Family Code, is amended to read
139	143		as follows:
140	144		Sec. 265.154. REPORTS TO LEGISLATURE. (a) Not later than
141	145		December 1 of each even-numbered year, the department shall prepare
142	146		and submit a report on state-funded prevention and early
143	147		intervention [parenting education] programs and practices to the
144	148		standing committees of the senate and house of representatives with
145	149		jurisdiction over child protective services.
146	150		(b) A report submitted under this section must include:
147	151		(1) a description of the prevention and early
148	152		intervention [parenting education] programs and practices
149	153		implemented and of the models associated with the programs and
150	154		practices;
151	155		(2) information on the families served by the programs
152	156		and practices, including the number of families served and their
153	157		demographic information;
154	158		(3) the goals and achieved outcomes of the implemented
155	159		programs and practices;
156	160		(4) information on the cost for each family served,
157	161		including any available third-party return-on-investment analysis;
158	162		and
159	163		(5) information explaining the percentage of money
160	164		spent on evidence-based programs and practices, on promising
161	165		[practice] programs and practices, and on evidence-informed
162	166		programs and practices.
163	167		SECTION 9. Section 265.151(a), Family Code, is repealed.
164	168		SECTION 10. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
165		-	______________________________ ______________________________
166		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
167		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 452 passed the Senate on
168		-	April 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
169		-	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2021, by the
170		-	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
171		-	______________________________
172		-	Secretary of the Senate
173		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 452 passed the House, with
174		-	amendment, on May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 95,
175		-	Nays 48, two present not voting.
176		-	______________________________
177		-	Chief Clerk of the House
178		-	Approved:
179		-	______________________________
180		-	Date
181		-	______________________________
182		-	Governor