Bill Text: TX HB3686 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the duties of the Council on Children and Families.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-10 - Referred to Health & Human Services [HB3686 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3686-Introduced.html
83R11257 KKR-F | ||
By: Naishtat | H.B. No. 3686 |
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relating to the duties of the Council on Children and Families. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 531.803(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The council shall: | ||
(1) analyze the biennial legislative appropriations | ||
requests of members of the council for services provided to | ||
children and their families and identify appropriations that, | ||
through the coordination of members of the council, could be | ||
modified in the next legislative appropriation request to eliminate | ||
waste or increase available services and, not later than May 1 of | ||
each even-numbered year, prepare a report recommending those | ||
modifications for consideration during the development of the next | ||
biennial legislative appropriations request; | ||
(2) investigate opportunities to increase flexible | ||
funding for health, education, and human services provided to | ||
children and their families; | ||
(3) identify methods to remove barriers to local | ||
coordination of health, education, and human services provided to | ||
children and their families; | ||
(4) identify methods to ensure that children and youth | ||
receive appropriate assessment, diagnoses, and intervention | ||
services; | ||
(5) develop methods to prevent unnecessary parental | ||
relinquishment of custody of children; | ||
(6) prioritize assisting children in family settings | ||
rather than institutional settings; | ||
(7) make recommendations about family involvement in | ||
the provision and planning of health, education, and human services | ||
for a child, including family partner and liaison models; [ |
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(8) identify technological methods to ensure the | ||
efficient and timely transfer of information among state agencies | ||
providing health, education, and human services to children and | ||
their families; and | ||
(9) coordinate interagency grant or resource | ||
development efforts to improve efficiencies and outcomes for | ||
children and families, including possible dedication of staff to: | ||
(A) assist individual health, education, human | ||
services, juvenile justice, and workforce agencies to write or | ||
develop interagency grants and coordinate resources; | ||
(B) coordinate or lead interagency grant or | ||
resource development efforts; and | ||
(C) assist the council to facilitate interagency | ||
resource and policy coordination. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |