Bill Text: TX HB3389 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to creating a position of nonprofit agency services coordinator for the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-08 - Referred to Health & Human Services [HB3389 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3389-Comm_Sub.html
86R1306 MCK-D | ||
By: Sanford, et al. | H.B. No. 3389 |
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relating to creating a position of nonprofit agency 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. NONPROFIT AGENCY SERVICES COORDINATOR. (a) | ||
The department shall designate a department employee as the | ||
nonprofit agency services coordinator to serve as a liaison between | ||
the department and nonprofit agencies that provide assistance to | ||
families in crisis. | ||
(b) The nonprofit agency services coordinator shall assist | ||
nonprofit agencies in providing services and resources to families | ||
in crisis, including: | ||
(1) temporary out-of-home placement of a child with a | ||
caregiver; | ||
(2) transportation, meals, babysitting services, and | ||
other support services; | ||
(3) furniture, clothing, and other household items; | ||
(4) parenting education training; and | ||
(5) mentoring programs, including programs for young | ||
adults aging out of foster care. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |