80R8735 KKA-F
 
  By: Bolton H.B. No. 3108
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to caseloads for certain employees of the Department of
Family and Protective Services.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 531.048, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:
       (d-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (d), the Department of
Family and Protective Services shall ensure that the average
caseload for the following categories of department caseworkers
does not exceed the number specified by this subsection:
             (1)  for investigative caseworkers, an average of 12
cases at any time;
             (2)  for case management caseworkers in the child
protective services division providing services through
conservatorship programs, foster and adoption programs, and
family-based safety services programs, an average of 17 cases at
any time;
             (3)  for adult protective services specialists in the
adult protective services division providing services through
in-home programs, an average of 25 cases at any time,
notwithstanding Subsection (g);
             (4)  for child-care licensing specialists in the
child-care licensing division performing inspections of child-care
facilities and registered family homes, an average of not more than
75 facilities at any time; and
             (5)  for child-care licensing investigators in the
child-care licensing division performing investigations of
child-care facilities and registered family homes, an average of
not more than 8 cases involving allegations of child abuse or
neglect and not more than 17 cases not involving allegations of
child abuse or neglect.
       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.