|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to developing a strategic plan to ensure that the |
|
provision of prevention and early intervention services complies |
|
with federal law. |
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code, |
|
is amended by adding Section 40.079 to read as follows: |
|
Sec. 40.079. STRATEGIC PLAN TO IMPLEMENT FEDERAL LAW |
|
REGARDING FOSTER CARE PREVENTION SERVICES. (a) The department |
|
shall develop a strategic plan for the implementation of foster |
|
care prevention services that meet the requirements of Title VII, |
|
Div. E, Pub. L. No. 115-123. |
|
(b) The strategic plan required under this section must: |
|
(1) identify a network of services providers to |
|
provide mental health, substance use, and in-home parenting support |
|
services for: |
|
(A) children at risk of entering foster care; |
|
(B) the parents and caregivers of children |
|
identified under Paragraph (A); and |
|
(C) pregnant or parenting youth in foster care; |
|
(2) identify methods to: |
|
(A) maximize resources from the federal |
|
government under Title VII, Div. E, Pub. L. No. 115-123; |
|
(B) apply for other available federal and private |
|
funds; |
|
(C) streamline and reduce duplication of effort |
|
by each state agency involved in providing services described by |
|
Subdivision (1); and |
|
(D) streamline the procedures for determining |
|
eligibility for services described by Subdivision (1); |
|
(3) include a method to: |
|
(A) notify the Senate Health and Human Services |
|
Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, the House Committee on |
|
Human Services, the House Committee on Public Health, and the House |
|
Appropriations Committee of federal and private funding |
|
opportunities; and |
|
(B) respond to the opportunities described by |
|
Paragraph (A); and |
|
(4) identify opportunities to coordinate with |
|
independent researchers to assist community programs in evaluating |
|
and developing trauma-informed services and promising, supported, |
|
or well-supported services and strategies under Title VII, Div. E, |
|
Pub. L. No. 115-123. |
|
(c) In identifying the network of providers described by |
|
Subsection (b)(1), the department shall consult with the Health and |
|
Human Services Commission, the Department of State Health Services, |
|
and community stakeholders. |
|
(d) In developing the procedure described by Subsection |
|
(b)(2), the department shall consult with the Health and Human |
|
Services Commission and the Department of State Health Services. |
|
(e) This section expires March 1, 2021. |
|
SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2020, the Department |
|
of Family and Protective Services shall make the plan required by |
|
Section 40.079, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act, |
|
available to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, the |
|
Senate Finance Committee, the House Committee on Human Services, |
|
the House Committee on Public Health, and the House Appropriations |
|
Committee. |
|
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
|
|
|
* * * * * |