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Senate Bill 1880 |
Senate Author: Zaffirini |
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Effective: 9-1-15 |
House Sponsor: Raymond |
Senate Bill 1880 amends the Human Resources Code and the Family Code to clarify and expand the authority of the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to investigate reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of individuals receiving services from certain providers, including a person who contracts with a health and human services agency or managed care organization to provide home and community-based services. The bill prohibits DFPS from investigating a report of abuse, neglect, or exploitation alleged or suspected to have been committed by a provider that is regulated by a state agency with the authority to investigate such reports and requires DFPS to forward such reports to the appropriate state agency. The bill sets out requirements for health and human services agencies and managed care organizations to share provider information and prohibits a provider of home and community-based services from retaliating against a person for filing a report or providing information in good faith relating to the possible abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an individual receiving services. The bill requires DFPS to investigate a report of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a child receiving services from a provider and a report of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a child receiving services from an officer, employee, agent, contractor, or subcontractor of a licensed home and community support services agency if the officer, employee, agent, contractor, or subcontractor is or may be the person alleged to have committed the abuse, neglect, or exploitation.