Bill Text: TX HB3786 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to a study conducted by counties on the effectiveness of establishing a family drug court; establishing a family drug court grant program.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3786 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3786-Engrossed.html
| By: Coleman, Wu | H.B. No. 3786 | |
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| relating to a study conducted by counties on the effectiveness of | ||
| establishing a family drug court; establishing a family drug court | ||
| grant program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 122, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Sections 122.005 and 122.006 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 122.005. FAMILY DRUG COURT STUDY. (a) The | ||
| commissioners court of a county that has not established a family | ||
| drug court program may conduct a study of the effect the creation of | ||
| a family drug court would have in the county. If the commissioners | ||
| court conducts a study under this section, the sheriff and, as | ||
| applicable, the county attorney, district attorney, or criminal | ||
| district attorney shall assist in conducting the study. | ||
| (b) A commissioners court that conducts a study under this | ||
| section shall request assistance from the following persons located | ||
| in the county: | ||
| (1) judges; | ||
| (2) child protective services caseworkers and | ||
| supervisors; | ||
| (3) attorneys ad litem; | ||
| (4) guardians ad litem; | ||
| (5) drug treatment providers; | ||
| (6) family and child therapists; | ||
| (7) peer recovery coach providers; | ||
| (8) domestic violence victim advocates; | ||
| (9) housing partners; | ||
| (10) drug coordinators; | ||
| (11) drug court services managers; and | ||
| (12) drug court case managers. | ||
| (c) A study conducted under this section must analyze the | ||
| effectiveness of: | ||
| (1) creating a court that specializes in cases in | ||
| which a parent or person standing in parental relation suffers from | ||
| drug addiction; and | ||
| (2) case management used by a family drug court | ||
| program, including the involvement of Department of Family and | ||
| Protective Services caseworkers, court-appointed case managers, | ||
| and court-appointed special advocates, to rehabilitate a parent or | ||
| person standing in parental relation who has had a child removed | ||
| from the parent's or person's care by the department or who is under | ||
| investigation to determine if a child should be removed from the | ||
| parent's or person's care by the department. | ||
| (d) This section expires January 1, 2021. | ||
| Sec. 122.006. GRANT FUNDING FOR FAMILY DRUG COURTS. (a) | ||
| The family drug court fund is a dedicated account in the general | ||
| revenue fund in the state treasury. | ||
| (b) The family drug court fund consists of: | ||
| (1) appropriations of money to the fund by the | ||
| legislature; and | ||
| (2) gifts, grants, including grants from the federal | ||
| government, and other donations received for the fund. | ||
| (c) The Health and Human Services Commission shall | ||
| administer the family drug court fund. Money in the account may be | ||
| used only to award grants to counties to establish and administer a | ||
| family drug court. To receive money from the family drug court fund | ||
| a county must submit the study conducted under Section 122.005 on | ||
| the effect of the creation of a family drug court in the county and a | ||
| detailed proposal of the establishment of the court. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Health and Human Services Commission shall | ||
| adopt rules establishing the criteria for awarding a grant to | ||
| counties to establish a family drug court under Section 122.006, | ||
| Government Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 1, | ||
| 2020. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
