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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to caseloads for certain employees of the Department of |
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Family and Protective Services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 531.048, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: |
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(d-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), the Department of |
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Family and Protective Services shall ensure that the average |
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caseload for the following categories of department caseworkers |
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does not exceed the number specified by this subsection: |
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(1) for investigative caseworkers, an average of 12 |
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cases at any time; |
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(2) for case management caseworkers in the child |
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protective services division providing services through |
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conservatorship programs, foster and adoption programs, and |
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family-based safety services programs, an average of 17 cases at |
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any time; |
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(3) for adult protective services specialists in the |
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adult protective services division providing services through |
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in-home programs, an average of 25 cases at any time, |
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notwithstanding Subsection (g); |
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(4) for child-care licensing specialists in the |
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child-care licensing division performing inspections of child-care |
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facilities and registered family homes, an average of not more than |
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75 facilities at any time; and |
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(5) for child-care licensing investigators in the |
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child-care licensing division performing investigations of |
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child-care facilities and registered family homes, an average of |
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not more than 8 cases involving allegations of child abuse or |
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neglect and not more than 17 cases not involving allegations of |
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child abuse or neglect. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |