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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to collecting and reporting certain information by the |
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Department of Family and Protective Services relating to certain |
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alcohol and controlled substance use. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 162.007, Family Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (g) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) The health history of the child must include information |
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about: |
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(1) the child's health status at the time of placement; |
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(2) the child's birth, neonatal, and other medical, |
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psychological, psychiatric, and dental history information, |
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including to the extent known by the Department of Family and |
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Protective Services based on the information collected under |
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Section 264.019: |
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(A) whether the child's birth mother consumed |
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alcohol during pregnancy; and |
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(B) whether the child has been diagnosed with |
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fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; |
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(3) a record of immunizations for the child; and |
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(4) the available results of medical, psychological, |
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psychiatric, and dental examinations of the child. |
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(g) In this section, "fetal alcohol spectrum disorder" |
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means any of a group of conditions that can occur in a person whose |
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mother consumed alcohol during pregnancy. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 264, Family Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 264.019 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 264.019. COLLECTION AND REPORTING OF ALCOHOL AND |
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CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE STATISTICS. (a) The department shall collect |
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the following information and update the department's case tracking |
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and information management system to allow caseworkers to record: |
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(1) the number of children reported to the department |
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who at birth tested positive for the presence of alcohol or a |
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controlled substance; |
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(2) the controlled substances for which the children |
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described by Subdivision (1) tested positive; |
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(3) the number of children described by Subdivision |
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(1) who were removed from their homes and have been diagnosed as |
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having a disability or chronic medical condition resulting from the |
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presence of alcohol or controlled substances; and |
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(4) the number of parents who test positive for the |
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presence of a controlled substance during a department |
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investigation of a report of abuse or neglect of the parent's child. |
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(b) Not later than November 1 of each year, the department |
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shall: |
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(1) prepare for the preceding year a report containing |
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the information collected under Subsection (a); |
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(2) post a copy of the report prepared under |
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Subdivision (1) on the department's Internet website; and |
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(3) electronically submit to the legislature a copy of |
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the report. |
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(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary |
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to implement this section. |
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SECTION 3. The Department of Family and Protective Services |
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shall submit the first report required by Section 264.019(b), |
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Family Code, as added by this Act, not later than November 1, 2018. |
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SECTION 4. Section 264.019, Family Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies to information collected by the Department of Family |
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and Protective Services on and after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |