Bill Text: TX HB3095 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the requirements of the Department of Family and Protective Services strategic plan for prevention and early intervention services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-27 - Referred to Human Services [HB3095 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3095-Introduced.html
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By: Burkett | H.B. No. 3095 |
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relating to the requirements of the Department of Family and | ||
Protective Services strategic plan for prevention and early | ||
intervention services. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 265.005, Family Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (f) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b) A strategic plan required under this section must: | ||
(1) identify methods to leverage other sources of | ||
funding or provide support for existing community-based prevention | ||
efforts; | ||
(2) include a needs assessment that identifies | ||
programs to best target the needs of the highest risk populations | ||
and geographic areas; | ||
(3) identify the goals and priorities for the | ||
department's overall prevention efforts; | ||
(4) report the results of previous prevention efforts | ||
using available information in the plan; | ||
(5) identify additional methods of measuring program | ||
effectiveness and results or outcomes; | ||
(6) identify methods to collaborate with other state | ||
agencies on prevention efforts; [ |
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(7) identify specific strategies to implement the plan | ||
and to develop measures for reporting on the overall progress | ||
toward the plan's goals; and | ||
(8) include a growth strategy with the goal of | ||
increasing the number of families receiving prevention and early | ||
intervention services each year, subject to the availability of | ||
funds, with the initial goal of providing services to 50 percent of | ||
the highest risk families that are eligible to receive services | ||
through home visiting and community-based programs financed with | ||
federal, state, local, or private resources. | ||
(f) In this section, "highest risk family" means a family | ||
that has children five years of age or younger and whose family | ||
income is at or below 50 percent of the federal poverty level. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |