Bill Text: TX HB1521 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the exchange of certain information between the Department of Family and Protective Services or certain foster care services contractors and a state or local juvenile justice agency.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB1521 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1521-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1521 |
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relating to the exchange of certain information between the | ||
Department of Family and Protective Services or certain foster care | ||
services contractors and a state or local juvenile justice agency. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 58.0052, Family Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Juvenile justice agency" has the meaning assigned | ||
by Section 58.101. | ||
(2) "Juvenile service provider" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 58.0051. | ||
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(A) is younger than 19 years of age; and | ||
(B) has received services from two or more | ||
juvenile service providers. | ||
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personally identifiable information regarding a multi-system | ||
youth's physical or mental health or the provision of or payment for | ||
health care services, including case management services, to a | ||
multi-system youth. The term does not include clinical | ||
psychological notes or substance abuse treatment information. | ||
(b-1) At the request of a state or local juvenile justice | ||
agency, the Department of Family and Protective Services or a | ||
single source continuum contractor who contracts with the | ||
department to provide foster care services shall, not later than | ||
the 14th business day after the date of the request, share with the | ||
juvenile justice agency information in the possession of the | ||
department or contractor that is necessary to improve and maintain | ||
community safety or that assists the agency in the continuation of | ||
services for or providing services to a multi-system youth who: | ||
(1) is or has been in the temporary or permanent | ||
managing conservatorship of the department; | ||
(2) is or was the subject of a family-based safety | ||
services case with the department; | ||
(3) has been reported as an alleged victim of abuse or | ||
neglect to the department; | ||
(4) is the perpetrator in a case in which the | ||
department investigation concluded that there was a reason to | ||
believe that abuse or neglect occurred; or | ||
(5) is a victim in a case in which the department | ||
investigation concluded that there was a reason to believe that | ||
abuse or neglect occurred. | ||
(b-2) At the request of the Department of Family and | ||
Protective Services or a single source continuum contractor who | ||
contracts with the department to provide foster care services, a | ||
state or local juvenile justice agency shall share with the | ||
department or contractor information in the possession of the | ||
juvenile justice agency that is necessary to improve and maintain | ||
community safety or that assists the department or contractor in | ||
the continuation of services for or providing services to a | ||
multi-system youth who is or has been in the custody or control of | ||
the juvenile justice agency. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1521 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to | ||
H.B. No. 1521 on May 26, 2017, and requested the appointment of a | ||
conference committee to consider the differences between the two | ||
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report | ||
on H.B. No. 1521 on May 28, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146, | ||
Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1521 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference | ||
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and | ||
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. | ||
1521 on May 28, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |