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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to information included in reports on caseloads for child |
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protective services caseworkers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 40.0528(d), Human Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) The department shall measure the [In reporting
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information relating to] caseloads of child protective services |
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caseworkers [,] in accordance with standards developed by [addition
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to reporting caseload by each individual affected by the case,] the |
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department. The standards must include: |
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(1) the total number of children involved in the case; |
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(2) the type of placement for each child involved in |
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the case; |
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(3) the total number of placements for the case; |
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(4) the level of care required for each child involved |
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in the case; |
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(5) the level of department intervention and parental |
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or family services required for the case; and |
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(6) the level of caseworker experience required to |
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appropriately manage the case [shall report the number of cases for
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each caseworker on the basis of family unit]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |