Bill Text: TX HB1626 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an emergency services coordinator for the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-04 - Referred to Human Services [HB1626 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1626-Introduced.html
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| By: Hernandez | H.B. No. 1626 | |
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| relating to an emergency services coordinator for the Department of | ||
| Family and Protective Services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 40.0327 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 40.0327. EMERGENCY SERVICES COORDINATOR. (a) The | ||
| department shall designate a department employee as the emergency | ||
| services coordinator to: | ||
| (1) manage the department's efforts to prepare for and | ||
| react to any natural disaster or emergency situation; and | ||
| (2) serve as a liaison between the department and | ||
| other state agencies and nonprofit agencies that provide assistance | ||
| to families receiving services from the department. | ||
| (b) The department's emergency services coordinator shall: | ||
| (1) coordinate emergency preparedness efforts to | ||
| ensure individuals served by department programs are informed about | ||
| locations where services will be provided during a natural disaster | ||
| or emergency situation; | ||
| (2) ensure all foster and adoptive families are | ||
| informed about a potential natural disaster or emergency situation | ||
| and the emergency procedures they should follow; | ||
| (3) coordinate with other state agencies and other | ||
| persons to ensure that children in the conservatorship of the | ||
| department have access to health care services during a natural | ||
| disaster or emergency situation; | ||
| (4) develop partnerships with local law enforcement | ||
| agencies to ensure that intakes, investigations, and removals | ||
| continue during a natural disaster or emergency situation; and | ||
| (5) monitor evacuations of facilities and homes that | ||
| house children in the conservatorship of the department and | ||
| maintain contact with those facilities and homes throughout a | ||
| natural disaster or emergency situation to ensure the safety and | ||
| well-being of the children. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
