1-1 By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 36 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed November 13, 2000; January 10, 2001, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human 1-4 Services; February 5, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable 1-5 Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; 1-6 February 5, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 36 By: Nelson 1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-9 AN ACT 1-10 relating to training for certain caseworkers employed by health and 1-11 human services agencies or local mental health or mental 1-12 retardation authorities. 1-13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-14 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is 1-15 amended by adding Section 531.0244 to read as follows: 1-16 Sec. 531.0244. JOINT TRAINING FOR CERTAIN CASEWORKERS. 1-17 (a) The commissioner shall provide for joint training for health 1-18 and human services caseworkers whose clients are children, 1-19 including caseworkers employed by: 1-20 (1) the Texas Department of Health; 1-21 (2) the Texas Department of Human Services; and 1-22 (3) the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental 1-23 Retardation, a local mental health authority, or a local mental 1-24 retardation authority. 1-25 (b) Training provided under this section must be designed to 1-26 increase a caseworker's knowledge and awareness of the services 1-27 available to children at each health and human services agency or 1-28 local mental health or mental retardation authority, including 1-29 long-term care programs and services available under a Section 1-30 1915(c) waiver program. 1-31 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-32 * * * * *