Bill Text: TX HB2528 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to a study on the establishment of a statewide homelessness data system.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Referred to Urban Affairs [HB2528 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2528-Introduced.html
  88R11009 JG-D
 
  By: Campos H.B. No. 2528
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a study on the establishment of a statewide
  homelessness 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 statewide homelessness data system through which:
               (1)  state agencies and local governmental entities,
  including law enforcement agencies, court systems, school
  districts, and emergency service providers, are able to share
  information related to individuals experiencing homelessness; and
               (2)  the entities described by Subdivision (1) of this
  subsection are able to access information related to individuals
  experiencing 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)(1) of this section to determine the
  challenges faced by those entities in addressing homelessness and
  how best to improve the responses to those challenges; and
               (2)  assess the feasibility for the statewide
  homelessness data system described by Subsection (b) of this
  section to:
                     (A)  ensure that information stored in the data
  system that is confidential under state or federal law is not
  disclosed;
                     (B)  collect data from other homelessness data
  systems maintained or operated by a state agency, local law
  enforcement agency, or other entity of this state; and
                     (C)  collect, aggregate, analyze, and share
  homelessness information with entities that have access to the
  system.
         (d)  Not later than October 1, 2024, the council shall
  prepare and submit to the legislature and 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, 2025.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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