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1	1	89R5363 CMO-D
2	2	By: Paxton S.B. No. 2194
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to an early childhood integrated data system.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 3, Human Resources Code, is
12	12	amended by adding Chapter 74 to read as follows:
13	13	CHAPTER 74. EARLY CHILDHOOD INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM
14	14	Sec. 74.0001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
15	15	(1) "Cooperating entity" means the:
16	16	(A) Children's Learning Institute at The
17	17	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston;
18	18	(B) Department of Family and Protective
19	19	Services;
20	20	(C) Health and Human Services Commission;
21	21	(D) Texas Education Agency;
22	22	(E) Texas Workforce Commission; and
23	23	(F) Texas Head Start State Collaboration Office.
24	24	(2) "Early childhood interagency workgroup" means the
25	25	workgroup that promotes collaboration across state agencies
26	26	serving families with young children and that consists of
27	27	representatives from the following state agencies:
28	28	(A) Department of Family and Protective
29	29	Services;
30	30	(B) Department of State Health Services;
31	31	(C) Health and Human Services Commission;
32	32	(D) Texas Education Agency; and
33	33	(E) Texas Workforce Commission.
34	34	(3) "Lead agency" means the state agency designated
35	35	under Section 74.0003.
36	36	(4) "System" means the early childhood integrated data
37	37	system established under this subchapter.
38	38	Sec. 74.0002. INITIAL DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
39	39	INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM. (a) Subject to Section 74.0004(1), the
40	40	early childhood interagency workgroup shall develop the early
41	41	childhood integrated data system for the purpose of facilitating
42	42	and strengthening the sharing of data from early childhood programs
43	43	across state agencies to:
44	44	(1) better inform policy related to those programs at
45	45	the state level; and
46	46	(2) guide improvements to those programs that support
47	47	this state's early childhood goals and priorities and provide
48	48	better outcomes for children and families in this state.
49	49	(b) The system must be developed in a manner that:
50	50	(1) allows for the integration of existing state and
51	51	federal data systems that are accessible to the cooperating
52	52	agencies and that contain data derived from early childhood
53	53	services and programs that serve families with children from birth
54	54	through eight years of age, including data related to outcomes
55	55	under those services and programs;
56	56	(2) allows for the identification of and reporting on:
57	57	(A) specific outcome measures using aggregated
58	58	data that does not contain any identifying information, to the
59	59	extent state or federal law, as applicable, expressly authorizes
60	60	that use of the information;
61	61	(B) gaps in services and underserved
62	62	populations;
63	63	(C) opportunities to align services and
64	64	programs; and
65	65	(D) coordination needs across services and
66	66	programs; and
67	67	(3) complies with state and federal laws relating to
68	68	privacy, cybersecurity, and data collection, including rules
69	69	establishing procedures to ensure that there is no unauthorized
70	70	duplication or removal of confidential information.
71	71	(c) Data other than that described by Subsection (b)(1) may
72	72	not be collected for purposes of the system.
73	73	Sec. 74.0003. DESIGNATION OF LEAD AGENCY. During the
74	74	initial development of the system under Section 74.0002, the early
75	75	childhood interagency workgroup shall designate from among the
76	76	state entities listed in Sections 74.0001(1)(A) through (E) one
77	77	entity to act as the lead agency for the system.
78	78	Sec. 74.0004. LEAD AGENCY DUTIES. The lead agency shall:
79	79	(1) complete the development of the system initially
80	80	developed under Section 74.0002 in a manner consistent with the
81	81	requirements of that section;
82	82	(2) implement and maintain the system with assistance
83	83	from the early childhood interagency workgroup;
84	84	(3) provide staff to operate the system; and
85	85	(4) using system data, conduct data matching using a
86	86	protocol approved by the cooperating entities.
87	87	Sec. 74.0005. COOPERATING ENTITIES. (a) The lead agency
88	88	and each cooperating entity shall enter into a memorandum of
89	89	understanding regarding the sharing of data for purposes of the
90	90	system. The memorandum of understanding must specify the data to be
91	91	shared consistent with Sections 74.0002(b)(1) and (c) and the
92	92	frequency and manner of that data sharing.
93	93	(b) Each cooperating entity shall participate in the system
94	94	and share data for purposes of the system as required by the
95	95	memorandum of understanding.
96	96	Sec. 74.0006. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (a) Not later than
97	97	January 1 of each year, the early childhood interagency workgroup
98	98	shall submit to the legislature a report on the workgroup's, lead
99	99	agency's, and cooperating entities' progress in developing,
100	100	establishing, and operating the system.
101	101	(b) The initial report required by Subsection (a) must
102	102	include:
103	103	(1) the state entity the early childhood interagency
104	104	workgroup designated to act as the lead agency;
105	105	(2) an interagency data governance plan that includes:
106	106	(A) objectives relevant to the system and a
107	107	framework for achieving those objectives;
108	108	(B) the roles and responsibilities of all state
109	109	entities involved in establishing and maintaining the system; and
110	110	(C) documentation of relevant state and federal
111	111	privacy, cybersecurity, and data collection laws, including rules;
112	112	(3) a standardized process for updating the memorandum
113	113	of understanding into which the cooperating entities entered under
114	114	Section 74.0005;
115	115	(4) a design plan that focuses on:
116	116	(A) data security, storage, retention,
117	117	management, processing, transportation, and analytics and other
118	118	products; and
119	119	(B) roles and responsibilities of relevant state
120	120	entity personnel regarding data integration; and
121	121	(5) information on the status of:
122	122	(A) hiring project management full-time
123	123	equivalents;
124	124	(B) grant funding applied for and grant funding
125	125	secured; and
126	126	(C) the development of an Internet website that
127	127	includes a preliminary, publicly available consumer data
128	128	dashboard.
129	129	(c) Each report required by Subsection (a) following the
130	130	initial report must include:
131	131	(1) updates to the information required by Subsections
132	132	(a)(2) through (5);
133	133	(2) an overview on business use cases the system can
134	134	support; and
135	135	(3) information on the development of analytic tools
136	136	based on the business use cases described by Subdivision (2).
137	137	Sec. 74.0007. FUNDING. (a) The early childhood
138	138	interagency workgroup, the cooperating entities, and the lead
139	139	agency may use any available state or federal money to develop the
140	140	system.
141	141	(b) The lead agency shall actively pursue grants or other
142	142	money available from the federal government to operate the system.
143	143	SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2026, the early
144	144	childhood interagency workgroup shall:
145	145	(1) designate the lead agency for the early childhood
146	146	integrated data system as required by Section 74.0003, Human
147	147	Resources Code, as added by this Act; and
148	148	(2) submit to the legislature the initial report
149	149	required by Section 74.0006, Human Resources Code, as added by this
150	150	Act.
151	151	SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act
152	152	a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
153	153	federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
154	154	the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
155	155	authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
156	156	waiver or authorization is granted.
157	157	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.