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
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| By: Campos | H.B. No. 2528 | |
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| 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. | ||
