Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R6490 JG-F
2	2	By: Campos H.B. No. 1426
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to statewide participation in a homeless management
8	8	information system by service providers to the homeless.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter KK, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is
11	11	amended by adding Section 2306.9055 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 2306.9055. STATEWIDE PARTICIPATION IN HOMELESS
13	13	MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM. (a) The council shall evaluate,
14	14	encourage, incentivize, and monitor the participation by service
15	15	providers to the homeless throughout this state in a regional or
16	16	statewide homeless management information system to:
17	17	(1) achieve statewide participation in a homeless
18	18	management information system by service providers to the homeless;
19	19	(2) improve the collaboration and coordination of
20	20	services to the homeless;
21	21	(3) increase transparency and accountability in the
22	22	provision of services to the homeless; and
23	23	(4) prevent the loss of state and federal funding for
24	24	services to the homeless.
25	25	(b) The council shall prepare and submit to the department
26	26	quarterly reports on:
27	27	(1) the rate of participation by service providers to
28	28	the homeless in a homeless management information system,
29	29	aggregated by region and participation trends throughout this
30	30	state;
31	31	(2) barriers to achieving statewide participation in a
32	32	homeless management information system, including data input
33	33	issues and quality control challenges related to statewide
34	34	participation in a homeless management information system, and
35	35	potential solutions to those barriers;
36	36	(3) available funding sources to provide resources and
37	37	incentivize participation in a homeless management information
38	38	system;
39	39	(4) an estimated timeline for updates to and the
40	40	continued customization of homeless management information systems
41	41	used by service providers to the homeless throughout this state;
42	42	(5) the compliance with procurement regulations and
43	43	privacy laws by homeless management information systems used by
44	44	service providers to the homeless throughout this state;
45	45	(6) feedback from participating and nonparticipating
46	46	service providers to the homeless on:
47	47	(A) the ease of access to participate in a
48	48	homeless management information system; and
49	49	(B) the local oversight of homeless management
50	50	information system administrators;
51	51	(7) recommendations provided by homeless management
52	52	information system administrators throughout this state on
53	53	carrying out this section and achieving statewide participation in
54	54	a homeless management information system; and
55	55	(8) data-driven scenarios that have improved the
56	56	provision of services to the homeless throughout this state.
57	57	(c) In carrying out this section and to achieve the goal of
58	58	statewide participation in a homeless management information
59	59	system, the council may seek assistance from the Texas Homeless
60	60	Network or any other organization in this state with a network of
61	61	service providers to the homeless.
62	62	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.