Bill Text: TX HB3127 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to contracts for family support services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-19 - Referred to Human Services [HB3127 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3127-Introduced.html
| 87R12528 MLH-F | ||
| By: Shaheen | H.B. No. 3127 | |
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| relating to contracts for family support services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 265, Family Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 265.0042 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 265.0042. FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICE CONTRACT. (a) In | ||
| order to increase permanency options and other beneficial outcomes | ||
| for children and youth in the conservatorship of the department, | ||
| the commission shall contract for family support services with a | ||
| statewide organization that: | ||
| (1) is exempt from federal income taxation under 26 | ||
| U.S.C. Section 501(c)(3); and | ||
| (2) is composed of individuals or groups of | ||
| individuals who have expertise in family finding and adoption | ||
| support services on a statewide basis in other privatized settings | ||
| with verified metrics and results. | ||
| (b) The commission shall include in the contract under | ||
| Subsection (a): | ||
| (1) measurable goals and objectives relating to the | ||
| number of: | ||
| (A) child placements; | ||
| (B) children receiving services; and | ||
| (C) children who are adopted; and | ||
| (2) required practices designed to ensure compliance | ||
| with standards referenced in the contract. | ||
| (c) The commission shall ensure that not more than 10 | ||
| percent of the annual legislative appropriation to implement this | ||
| subchapter is spent for administrative purposes by the statewide | ||
| organization with which the commission contracts under this | ||
| section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
