Bill Text: TX HB1426 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to statewide participation in a homeless management information system by service providers to the homeless.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to Urban Affairs [HB1426 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1426-Introduced.html
  88R6490 JG-F
 
  By: Campos H.B. No. 1426
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to statewide participation in a homeless management
  information system by service providers to the homeless.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter KK, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 2306.9055 to read as follows:
         Sec. 2306.9055.  STATEWIDE PARTICIPATION IN HOMELESS
  MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM. (a) The council shall evaluate,
  encourage, incentivize, and monitor the participation by service
  providers to the homeless throughout this state in a regional or
  statewide homeless management information system to:
               (1)  achieve statewide participation in a homeless
  management information system by service providers to the homeless;
               (2)  improve the collaboration and coordination of
  services to the homeless;
               (3)  increase transparency and accountability in the
  provision of services to the homeless; and
               (4)  prevent the loss of state and federal funding for
  services to the homeless.
         (b)  The council shall prepare and submit to the department
  quarterly reports on:
               (1)  the rate of participation by service providers to
  the homeless in a homeless management information system,
  aggregated by region and participation trends throughout this
  state;
               (2)  barriers to achieving statewide participation in a
  homeless management information system, including data input
  issues and quality control challenges related to statewide
  participation in a homeless management information system, and
  potential solutions to those barriers;
               (3)  available funding sources to provide resources and
  incentivize participation in a homeless management information
  system;
               (4)  an estimated timeline for updates to and the
  continued customization of homeless management information systems
  used by service providers to the homeless throughout this state;
               (5)  the compliance with procurement regulations and
  privacy laws by homeless management information systems used by
  service providers to the homeless throughout this state;
               (6)  feedback from participating and nonparticipating
  service providers to the homeless on:
                     (A)  the ease of access to participate in a
  homeless management information system; and 
                     (B)  the local oversight of homeless management
  information system administrators;
               (7)  recommendations provided by homeless management
  information system administrators throughout this state on
  carrying out this section and achieving statewide participation in
  a homeless management information system; and
               (8)  data-driven scenarios that have improved the
  provision of services to the homeless throughout this state.
         (c)  In carrying out this section and to achieve the goal of
  statewide participation in a homeless management information
  system, the council may seek assistance from the Texas Homeless
  Network or any other organization in this state with a network of
  service providers to the homeless.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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