Amend CSHB 2335 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 264.015, Family Code, is amended by adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows:
(d) Not later than September 1 of each year, the executive commissioner shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, and the chair of the House Human Services Committee a report regarding the implementation and practice of the evidence-based trauma training program implemented under this section.
(e) Not later than September 1, 2018, the executive commissioner shall develop a comprehensive training strategy and plan for the implementation of evidence-based trauma training for persons who are involved in the child protective services system, including child-placing agencies, persons who provide services under a contract with the department, and any other person who interacts with a child in the conservatorship of the department. This subsection expires September 1, 2019.
(f) The executive commissioner shall fully implement evidence-based trauma training described by Subsection (e) not later than the earlier of the fifth anniversary after the date the executive commissioner develops the plan required by Subsection (e) or September 1, 2023. This subsection expires September 1, 2024.