Bill Text: TX HB1396 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a study on alcohol and controlled substance statistics prepared by the Department of Family and Protective Services and the Department of State Health Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB1396 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1396-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1396 | ||
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| relating to a study on alcohol and controlled substance statistics | ||
| prepared by the Department of Family and Protective Services and | ||
| the Department of State Health Services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) The Department of Family and Protective | ||
| Services and the Department of State Health Services, using | ||
| existing resources, shall conduct a study on alcohol and controlled | ||
| substance statistics. The study must: | ||
| (1) determine whether either state agency currently | ||
| compiles information on: | ||
| (A) the number of children reported to the | ||
| department who at birth tested positive for the presence of alcohol | ||
| or a controlled substance; | ||
| (B) the controlled substances for which the | ||
| children described by Paragraph (A) of this subdivision tested | ||
| positive; | ||
| (C) the number of children described by Paragraph | ||
| (A) of this subdivision who were removed from their homes and have | ||
| been diagnosed as having a disability or chronic medical condition | ||
| resulting from the presence of alcohol or controlled substances; | ||
| and | ||
| (D) the number of parents who test positive for | ||
| the presence of a controlled substance during a department | ||
| investigation of a report of abuse or neglect of the parent's child; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) if neither agency compiles the information | ||
| described by Subdivision (1) of this subsection: | ||
| (A) determine which agency can compile the | ||
| information described by Subdivision (1) of this subsection most | ||
| effectively and at the lowest cost; and | ||
| (B) estimate the cost to that agency of compiling | ||
| the information, preparing a report on the information, posting a | ||
| copy of the report on the agency's Internet website, and | ||
| electronically submitting to the legislature a copy of the report. | ||
| (b) Not later than November 1, 2014, the Department of | ||
| Family and Protective Services and the Department of State Health | ||
| Services shall electronically submit a copy of the study prepared | ||
| under Subsection (a) of this section to the governor, lieutenant | ||
| governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and presiding | ||
| officer of each standing legislative committee with jurisdiction | ||
| over those departments. | ||
| (c) This section expires September 1, 2015. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1396 was passed by the House on May 8, | ||
| 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 12, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1396 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
