Bill Text: TX HB1260 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to a study on the feasibility of establishing a centralized homelessness crisis response data system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-20 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1260 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1260-Comm_Sub.html
| 87R5286 JG-D | ||
| By: Bowers, Campos | H.B. No. 1260 | |
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| relating to a study on the feasibility of establishing a | ||
| centralized homelessness crisis response data system. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "council" means the Texas | ||
| Interagency Council for the Homeless established under Subchapter | ||
| KK, Chapter 2306, Government Code. | ||
| (b) The council shall conduct a study on the feasibility of | ||
| establishing a centralized homelessness crisis response data | ||
| system through which state agencies, local governmental entities, | ||
| including law enforcement agencies, court systems, school | ||
| districts, and emergency service providers, and other relevant | ||
| persons are able to share and access information related to | ||
| individuals who experience chronic homelessness in order to connect | ||
| or refer those individuals to services, including affordable | ||
| housing opportunities. | ||
| (c) In conducting the study under this section, the council | ||
| shall: | ||
| (1) consult with representatives of the entities | ||
| described by Subsection (b) of this section to determine the | ||
| challenges faced by those entities in addressing chronic | ||
| homelessness and how best to improve the responses to those | ||
| challenges; and | ||
| (2) assess the feasibility of the centralized | ||
| homelessness crisis response data system described by Subsection | ||
| (b) of this section to: | ||
| (A) collect data from other homelessness crisis | ||
| response data systems maintained or operated by a state agency, | ||
| local law enforcement agency, or other entity of this state; and | ||
| (B) collect, aggregate, analyze, and share | ||
| homelessness information with entities that have access to the | ||
| system. | ||
| (d) Not later than November 1, 2022, the council shall | ||
| prepare and submit to the Texas Department of Housing and Community | ||
| Affairs a written report that summarizes the results of the study | ||
| conducted under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act expires September 1, 2023. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
