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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
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. |