Bill Text: TX HB4049 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Health and Human Services Commission and the transfer to the commission of certain powers and duties from the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 34-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to Human Services [HB4049 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4049-Introduced.html
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By: Frank | H.B. No. 4049 |
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relating to the powers and duties of the Health and Human Services | ||
Commission and the transfer to the commission of certain powers and | ||
duties from the Department of Family and Protective Services. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 265, Family Code, is transferred to | ||
Title 9, Human Resources Code, redesignated as Chapter 137, Human | ||
Resources Code, and amended to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 137 [ |
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SUBCHAPTER A. FAMILY SUPPORT [ |
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SERVICES | ||
Sec. 137.001 [ |
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(1) "At-risk family" means a family with at least one | ||
child and at least one of the following: | ||
(A) a child in the family has been the subject of | ||
an investigation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation by the | ||
Department of Family and Protective Services; | ||
(B) the family is experiencing conditions that | ||
increase the likelihood of involvement with the child welfare | ||
system, the criminal justice system, or the juvenile justice | ||
system; or | ||
(C) the family is experiencing other conditions | ||
that threaten the self-sufficiency or stability of the family | ||
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(2) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services | ||
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(3) "Executive commissioner" means the executive | ||
commissioner of the commission. | ||
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intervention and promote safety and stability for children and | ||
at-risk families [ |
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Sec. 137.002 [ |
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(1) administer contracts [ |
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provide family support services to [ |
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continuum of care system of programs providing family support | ||
services to at-risk families [ |
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(3) administer the referral, coordination, and | ||
collaboration of family support services under this chapter with | ||
similar, existing programs the commission operates; | ||
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support services provided to [ |
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flexibility in the use of funds by state and local service | ||
providers; | ||
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family support [ |
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order to demonstrate the impact or public benefit of a program by | ||
adopting outcome measures; and | ||
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coordination and development of family support [ |
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and local resources. | ||
(b) Family support services under this chapter are intended | ||
to: | ||
(1) promote healthy outcomes and strengthen support | ||
systems for children and at-risk families; | ||
(2) assist at-risk families in achieving | ||
self-sufficiency and stability; | ||
(3) promote workforce participation; and | ||
(4) prevent or reduce at-risk behaviors in children | ||
and at-risk families, including behaviors that may lead to: | ||
(A) child abuse or neglect; | ||
(B) delinquency, running away, truancy, dropping | ||
out of school, or substance abuse; or | ||
(C) involvement with the child welfare system, | ||
the juvenile justice system, or the criminal justice system [ |
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Sec. 137.003 [ |
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PROGRAMS. [ |
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identify and coordinate with other [ |
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programs the commission operates with the goal of providing family | ||
support services [ |
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Sec. 137.004 [ |
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strategic plan for family support [ |
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fiscal year in each five-year period, the commission [ |
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shall issue a new strategic plan for the next five fiscal years | ||
beginning with the following fiscal year. | ||
(b) A strategic plan required under this section must: | ||
(1) identify methods to leverage other sources of | ||
funding or provide support for existing community-based | ||
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(2) include a needs assessment that identifies | ||
programs to best target family support services to the needs of | ||
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commission actions to coordinate and provide family support | ||
services to children and at-risk families [ |
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(4) identify and report on specific outcome | ||
measurements by obtaining and reporting de-identified aggregate | ||
data, as permitted by other law, on the number of program | ||
participants who are: | ||
(A) involved in the child welfare system, the | ||
juvenile justice system, or the criminal justice system; | ||
(B) recipients of other services the commission | ||
offers; or | ||
(C) listed in the central registry of the names | ||
of individuals found to have abused or neglected a child maintained | ||
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(5) identify additional methods of measuring program | ||
effectiveness and results or outcomes; | ||
(6) identify methods to collaborate with other state | ||
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services; | ||
(7) identify specific strategies to implement the plan | ||
and to develop measures for reporting on the overall progress | ||
toward the plan's goals; | ||
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capacity for the delivery of family support [ |
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stakeholders; and | ||
(9) address methods for coordinating with other | ||
commission programs under Section 137.003. | ||
(c) The commission [ |
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interested parties and communities in developing the strategic plan | ||
under this section. | ||
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appropriately update the strategic plan developed under this | ||
section. | ||
(e) The commission [ |
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plan developed under this section and any update to the plan on its | ||
Internet website. | ||
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SUBCHAPTER B. FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAMS FOR CHILD ABUSE AND | ||
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Sec. 137.051 [ |
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(1) "Child abuse and neglect prevention" means family | ||
support services designed to prevent child abuse and neglect before | ||
the abuse or neglect occurs. The term includes infant mortality | ||
prevention education programs. | ||
(2) "Children's trust fund" means a child abuse and | ||
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(3) "Operating fund" means the commission's | ||
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neglect prevention operating fund account. | ||
(4) "State agency" means a board, commission, | ||
department, office, or other state agency that: | ||
(A) is in the executive branch of the state | ||
government; | ||
(B) was created by the constitution or a statute | ||
of this state; and | ||
(C) has statewide jurisdiction. | ||
(5) "Trust fund" means the commission's child abuse | ||
and neglect prevention trust fund account. | ||
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PREVENTION PROGRAMS. (a) The commission [ |
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operate the children's trust fund to: | ||
(1) set policy, offer resources for community | ||
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education on family support services and prevention of child abuse | ||
and neglect; | ||
(2) develop a state plan for expending funds for child | ||
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annual schedule of transfers of trust fund money to the operating | ||
fund; | ||
(3) develop eligibility criteria for applicants | ||
requesting funding for child abuse and neglect [ |
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programs; and | ||
(4) establish funding priorities for child abuse and | ||
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(b) The children's trust fund shall accommodate the | ||
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procuring, awarding, and monitoring contracts and grants. | ||
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(1) apply for and receive funds made available by the | ||
federal government or another public or private source for | ||
administering programs under this subchapter and for funding for | ||
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(2) solicit donations for child abuse and neglect | ||
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(a) Administrative costs under this subchapter during any fiscal | ||
year may not exceed an amount equal to 50 percent of the interest | ||
credited to the trust fund during the preceding fiscal year. | ||
(b) Funds expended under a special project grant from a | ||
governmental source or a nongovernmental source for public | ||
education or public awareness may not be counted as administrative | ||
costs for the purposes of this section. | ||
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TRUST FUND ACCOUNT. (a) The child abuse and neglect prevention | ||
trust fund account is an account in the general revenue fund. Money | ||
in the trust fund is dedicated to child abuse and neglect [ |
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prevention programs and family support services programs. | ||
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contained in the trust fund to the operating fund at any time. | ||
However, during a fiscal year the commission [ |
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transfer more than the amount appropriated for the operating fund | ||
for that fiscal year. Money transferred to the operating fund that | ||
was originally deposited to the credit of the trust fund under | ||
Section 118.022, Local Government Code, may be used only for child | ||
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(c) Interest earned on the trust fund shall be credited to | ||
the trust fund. | ||
(d) The trust fund is exempt from the application of Section | ||
403.095, Government Code. | ||
(e) All marriage license fees and other fees collected for | ||
and deposited in the trust fund and interest earned on the trust | ||
fund balance shall be appropriated each biennium only to the | ||
operating fund for child abuse and neglect [ |
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programs and family support services programs. | ||
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FUND ACCOUNT. (a) The operating fund is an account in the general | ||
revenue fund. | ||
(b) Administrative and other costs allowed in Section | ||
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operating fund to the trust fund at any time. | ||
(c) The legislature may appropriate the money in the | ||
operating fund to carry out the provisions of this subchapter. | ||
(d) The operating fund is exempt from the application of | ||
Section 403.095, Government Code. | ||
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GRANTS. (a) Subject to available funding, the commission | ||
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communities identified by incidence of crime. The commission | ||
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section to areas of the state in which there is a high incidence of | ||
juvenile crime. | ||
(b) The purpose of a grant under this section is to assist a | ||
community in alleviating conditions in the family and community | ||
that lead to juvenile crime. | ||
SUBCHAPTER C. NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM | ||
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(1) "Competitive grant program" means the | ||
nurse-family partnership competitive grant program established | ||
under this subchapter. | ||
(2) "Partnership program" means a nurse-family | ||
partnership program. | ||
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PARTNERSHIP COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The commission | ||
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partnership programs, or the expansion of existing programs, and | ||
for the operation of those programs for a period of not less than | ||
two years. | ||
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the program to applicants, including applicants operating existing | ||
programs, in a manner that ensures that the partnership programs | ||
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A partnership program funded through a grant awarded under this | ||
subchapter must: | ||
(1) strictly adhere to the program model developed by | ||
the Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office, including | ||
any clinical, programmatic, and data collection requirements of | ||
that model; | ||
(2) require that registered nurses regularly visit the | ||
homes of low-income, first-time mothers participating in the | ||
program to provide services designed to: | ||
(A) improve pregnancy outcomes; | ||
(B) improve child health and development; | ||
(C) improve family economic self-sufficiency and | ||
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(D) reduce the incidence of child abuse and | ||
neglect; | ||
(E) increase workforce participation; and | ||
(F) reduce reliance on state and federal public | ||
assistance programs; | ||
(3) require that nurses who provide services through | ||
the program: | ||
(A) receive training from the office of the | ||
attorney general at least once each year on procedures by which a | ||
person may voluntarily acknowledge the paternity of a child and on | ||
the availability of child support services from the office; | ||
(B) provide a mother with information about the | ||
rights, responsibilities, and benefits of establishing the | ||
paternity of her child, if appropriate; | ||
(C) provide assistance to a mother and the | ||
alleged father of her child if the mother and alleged father seek to | ||
voluntarily acknowledge paternity of the child, if appropriate; and | ||
(D) provide information to a mother about the | ||
availability of child support services from the office of the | ||
attorney general; and | ||
(4) require that the regular nurse visits described by | ||
Subdivision (2) begin not later than a mother's 28th week of | ||
gestation and end when her child reaches two years of age. | ||
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private entity, including a county, municipality, or other | ||
political subdivision of this state, may apply for a grant under | ||
this subchapter. | ||
(b) To apply for a grant, an applicant must submit a written | ||
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Partnership National Service Office. | ||
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(1) require the applicant to provide data on the | ||
number of low-income, first-time mothers residing in the community | ||
in which the applicant proposes to operate or expand a partnership | ||
program and provide a description of existing services available to | ||
those mothers; | ||
(2) describe the ongoing monitoring and evaluation | ||
process to which a grant recipient is subject under Section 137.107 | ||
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(3) require the applicant to provide other relevant | ||
information as determined by the commission [ |
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The executive commissioner[ |
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standards for the partnership programs funded under this | ||
subchapter. The standards must be consistent with [ |
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Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office program model | ||
standards and guidelines that were developed in multiple, | ||
randomized clinical trials and have been tested and replicated in | ||
multiple communities. | ||
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grant funds awarded under this subchapter may be used only to cover | ||
costs related to implementing or expanding and operating a | ||
partnership program, including costs related to: | ||
(1) administering the program; | ||
(2) training and managing registered nurses who | ||
participate in the program; | ||
(3) paying the salaries and expenses of registered | ||
nurses who participate in the program; | ||
(4) paying for facilities and equipment for the | ||
program; and | ||
(5) paying for services provided by the Nurse-Family | ||
Partnership National Service Office to ensure a grant recipient | ||
adheres to the organization's program model. | ||
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ANNUAL COMMITTEE REPORTS. (a) The commission [ |
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(1) adopt performance indicators that are designed to | ||
measure a grant recipient's performance with respect to the | ||
partnership program standards adopted by the commissioner under | ||
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(2) use the performance indicators to continuously | ||
monitor and formally evaluate on an annual basis the performance of | ||
each grant recipient; and | ||
(3) prepare and submit an annual report, not later | ||
than December 1 of each year, to the Senate Health and Human | ||
Services Committee, or its successor, and the House Human Services | ||
Committee, or its successor, regarding the performance of each | ||
grant recipient during the preceding state fiscal year with respect | ||
to providing partnership program services. | ||
(b) The report required under Subsection (a)(3) must | ||
include: | ||
(1) the number of: | ||
(A) low-income, first-time mothers to whom each | ||
grant recipient provided partnership program services and, of that | ||
number, the number of mothers who established the paternity of an | ||
alleged father as a result of services provided under the program; | ||
(B) mothers who married the father or reside in | ||
the same household with the father; | ||
(C) mothers who have previous involvement with | ||
the child welfare system, the criminal justice system, or the | ||
juvenile justice system; and | ||
(D) mothers who receive other services from the | ||
commission; | ||
(2) the extent to which each grant recipient made | ||
regular visits to mothers during the period described by Section | ||
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(3) the extent to which each grant recipient adhered | ||
to the Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office's program | ||
model, including the extent to which registered nurses: | ||
(A) conducted home visitations comparable in | ||
frequency, duration, and content to those delivered in Nurse-Family | ||
Partnership National Service Office clinical trials; and | ||
(B) assessed the health and well-being of mothers | ||
and children participating in the partnership programs in | ||
accordance with indicators of maternal, child, and family health | ||
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Partnership National Service Office and required by the commission. | ||
(c) On request, each grant recipient shall timely collect | ||
and provide data and any other information required by the | ||
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prepare the report required by this section. | ||
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any available federal funds, including federal Medicaid and | ||
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds, to assist in | ||
financing the competitive grant program established under this | ||
subchapter. | ||
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from the state government and may accept gifts, donations, and | ||
grants of money from the federal government, local governments, | ||
private corporations, or other persons to assist in financing the | ||
competitive grant program. | ||
SUBCHAPTER D. EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES | ||
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PRACTICES ON EVIDENCE-BASED SPECTRUM. (a) [ |
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program or practice is a program or practice that: | ||
(1) is research-based and grounded in relevant, | ||
empirical knowledge and program-determined outcomes; | ||
(2) has comprehensive standards ensuring the highest | ||
quality service delivery with continuous improvement in the quality | ||
of service delivery; | ||
(3) has demonstrated significant positive outcomes; | ||
(4) has been evaluated by at least one rigorous, | ||
random, controlled research trial across heterogeneous populations | ||
or communities with research results that have been published in a | ||
peer-reviewed journal; | ||
(5) substantially complies with a program or practice | ||
manual or design that specifies the purpose, outcomes, duration, | ||
and frequency of the program or practice services; | ||
(6) employs well-trained and competent staff and | ||
provides continual relevant professional development opportunities | ||
to the staff; and | ||
(7) is associated with an organization in this state, | ||
a national organization, an institution of higher education, or a | ||
national or state public health institute. | ||
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practice that: | ||
(1) has an active impact evaluation of the program or | ||
practice or demonstrates a schedule for implementing an active | ||
impact evaluation of the program or practice; | ||
(2) has been evaluated by at least one outcome-based | ||
study demonstrating effectiveness or random, controlled trial in a | ||
homogeneous sample; | ||
(3) substantially complies with a program or practice | ||
manual or design that specifies the purpose, outcomes, duration, | ||
and frequency of the program or practice services; | ||
(4) employs well-trained and competent staff and | ||
provides continual relevant professional development opportunities | ||
to the staff; and | ||
(5) is research-based and grounded in relevant, | ||
empirical knowledge and program- or practice-determined outcomes. | ||
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program or practice that: | ||
(1) combines well-researched interventions with | ||
clinical experience and ethics, and client preferences and culture, | ||
to guide and inform the delivery of treatments and services; | ||
(2) has an active impact evaluation of the program or | ||
practice or demonstrates a schedule for implementing an active | ||
impact evaluation of the program or practice; | ||
(3) substantially complies with a program or practice | ||
manual or design that specifies the purpose, outcome, duration, and | ||
frequency of the program or practice services; and | ||
(4) employs well-trained and competent staff and | ||
provides continual relevant professional development opportunities | ||
to the staff. | ||
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PRACTICES. The commission [ |
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practice provided under this subchapter achieves favorable | ||
behavioral outcomes in at least two of the following areas: | ||
(1) improved cognitive development of children; | ||
(2) increased readiness for and participation and | ||
performance in school; | ||
(3) reduced child abuse, neglect, and injury; | ||
(4) improved child safety; | ||
(5) improved social-emotional development of children | ||
and youth; | ||
(6) increased protective factors, including | ||
nurturing, bonding, and other parenting skills; | ||
(7) improved family economic self-sufficiency; | ||
(8) reduced parental or youth involvement with the | ||
criminal justice system; and | ||
(9) increased paternal involvement and support. | ||
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PRACTICES. (a) The commission [ |
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indicators to measure the effectiveness of family support services | ||
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provided under this subchapter in achieving desired outcomes. | ||
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model developer of a family support services [ |
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indicators for the program or practice and to ensure that the | ||
program or practice substantially complies with the model. | ||
(c) The commission [ |
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processes to share information with family support services | ||
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programs or practices. | ||
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obtained under this section to: | ||
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(2) continually improve the quality of the programs | ||
and practices; and | ||
(3) evaluate the effectiveness of the programs and | ||
practices. | ||
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implement this subchapter. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 261.002, Family Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) The department shall provide the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission with access to the central registry as | ||
necessary for the commission to perform its duties under Section | ||
137.004, Human Resources Code. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 40.0025(b), Human Resources Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) In accordance with Subchapter A-1, Chapter 531, | ||
Government Code, and notwithstanding any other law, the department | ||
performs only functions, including the statewide intake of reports | ||
and other information, related to the following services: | ||
(1) child protective services, including services | ||
that are required by federal law to be provided by this state's | ||
child welfare agency; | ||
(2) adult protective services, other than | ||
investigations of the alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an | ||
elderly person or person with a disability: | ||
(A) in a facility operated, or in a facility or by | ||
a person licensed, certified, or registered, by a state agency; or | ||
(B) by a provider that has contracted to provide | ||
home and community-based services; and | ||
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(B) programs that: | ||
(i) provide parent education; | ||
(ii) promote healthier parent-child | ||
relationships; or | ||
(iii) prevent family violence. | ||
SECTION 4. Subtitle B, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 54 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 54. TEXAS PREGNANCY AND PARENTING SUPPORT NETWORK | ||
Sec. 54.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Abortion" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
245.002. | ||
(2) "Network contractor" means a person who contracts | ||
with the commission to provide or coordinate the provision of | ||
services under this chapter. | ||
Sec. 54.002. ESTABLISHMENT. (a) The commission shall | ||
establish the Texas Pregnancy and Parenting Support Network to: | ||
(1) promote healthy pregnancy and childbirth; | ||
(2) increase access to resources that promote family | ||
and child development; | ||
(3) encourage family formation; and | ||
(4) increase the number of families who achieve | ||
economic self-sufficiency. | ||
(b) The commission shall establish a statewide network of | ||
service providers, including pregnancy support centers, adoption | ||
assistance providers, and maternity homes, to provide the services | ||
described by Section 54.003. The commission may contract with the | ||
service providers to provide the services in accordance with this | ||
chapter. | ||
Sec. 54.003. SERVICES. (a) Using the statewide network of | ||
service providers established under Section 54.002, the commission | ||
shall ensure that services described by this chapter are available | ||
throughout this state. | ||
(b) Services provided through the network include: | ||
(1) counseling and mentoring on pregnancy, education, | ||
parenting skills, adoption services, life skills, and employment | ||
readiness topics; | ||
(2) care coordination for prenatal services, | ||
including connecting participants to health services provided | ||
through the network; | ||
(3) educational materials and information about | ||
pregnancy, parenting, and adoption services; | ||
(4) referrals to governmental and social service | ||
programs, including child care, transportation, housing, and state | ||
and federal benefit programs; | ||
(5) classes on life skills, personal finance, | ||
parenthood, stress management, job training, job readiness, job | ||
placement, and educational attainment; | ||
(6) provision of supplies for infant care and | ||
pregnancy, including car seats, cribs, maternity clothes, infant | ||
diapers, and formula; and | ||
(7) housing and support services in maternity homes. | ||
(c) The commission or network contractors may not provide | ||
family planning services through the network. | ||
Sec. 54.004. ELIGIBILITY. Network services are available | ||
to a resident of this state who is: | ||
(1) a pregnant woman; | ||
(2) the biological father of an unborn child; | ||
(3) the biological parent of a child who is 36 months | ||
of age or younger; | ||
(4) an adoptive parent of a child who is 36 months of | ||
age or younger; | ||
(5) an approved adoptive parent of an unborn child; | ||
(6) a former participant who has experienced the loss | ||
of a child; | ||
(7) a parent or legal guardian of a pregnant minor who | ||
is a network client; | ||
(8) a network client who is the parent, legal | ||
guardian, or adult caregiver of a child who is 36 months of age or | ||
younger; and | ||
(9) a parent who experienced a miscarriage or loss of a | ||
child not more than 90 days before the parent begins participation | ||
in the services offered through the network. | ||
Sec. 54.005. PROVISION OF SERVICES. The commission and its | ||
network contractors shall contract with service providers to assess | ||
the needs of the participants and implement a plan to provide | ||
services to address the participants' most critical needs. | ||
Sec. 54.006. PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES. (a) The commission and | ||
its network contractors may contract only with service providers | ||
whose performance outcomes include: | ||
(1) improving healthy pregnancy and childbirth | ||
outcomes; | ||
(2) improving child health and psychological | ||
development; | ||
(3) assisting families in achieving economic | ||
self-sufficiency and stability; | ||
(4) increasing workforce participation; | ||
(5) reducing reliance on state and federal public | ||
assistance programs; and | ||
(6) promoting marriage and family formation for | ||
participating parents. | ||
(b) The commission shall identify indicators to measure the | ||
performance outcomes under Subsection (a) and require periodic | ||
reporting on the outcomes by network contractors and participating | ||
service providers. | ||
Sec. 54.007. IMPACT EVALUATION. (a) The commission shall | ||
periodically conduct impact evaluations to measure the effects of | ||
services on participants receiving services through the network and | ||
to report on measured performance outcomes. | ||
(b) The commission shall contract with an external third | ||
party to perform impact evaluations under this chapter. | ||
(c) The commission shall coordinate with network | ||
contractors in selecting the impact evaluator. The evaluator must | ||
have a demonstrated history in evaluating social services programs | ||
using an integrated holistic impact approach and data modeling. | ||
(d) The commission may not use more than three percent of | ||
funding allocated to the network to procure the services of an | ||
evaluator under this section. | ||
(e) The commission may not enter into an interagency | ||
agreement to conduct an evaluation under this section. | ||
Sec. 54.008. REPORTS; AUDITS. (a) The commission shall | ||
compile reports provided by network contractors and service | ||
providers under Section 54.006 and audit a sampling of the reports | ||
to ensure validity. | ||
(b) The commission shall annually issue a report that | ||
includes: | ||
(1) the total number of network contractors and | ||
service providers, sorted by geographical region served; | ||
(2) the total number of individuals served by each | ||
provider, sorted by age and sex; | ||
(3) the total amount of expenditures, sorted by method | ||
of finance; | ||
(4) the value of the contracts with each network | ||
contractor and service provider; | ||
(5) any outcome measures reported to the commission by | ||
network contractors and service providers; | ||
(6) any performance outcomes reported to the | ||
commission under Section 54.006; and | ||
(7) the results of any impact evaluation conducted | ||
under Section 54.007. | ||
Sec. 54.009. RULES. (a) The executive commissioner may | ||
adopt rules to implement this chapter. | ||
(b) The executive commissioner may not adopt a rule that | ||
violates Chapter 110, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, or Chapter | ||
45, Human Resources Code. | ||
Sec. 54.010. FUNDING. (a) The commission shall, to the | ||
greatest extent possible, seek federal, governmental, and private | ||
funding to supplement and match funding provided through the | ||
network. | ||
(b) The commission or a service provider may not: | ||
(1) use funding provided through the network to | ||
perform, induce, assist, or refer an abortion; or | ||
(2) grant funds to an abortion provider or an | ||
affiliate of an abortion provider. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 118.022(b), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The comptroller shall deposit the money received under | ||
Subsection (a)(1) to the credit of the child abuse and neglect | ||
prevention trust fund account established under Section 137.054 | ||
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SECTION 6. (a) On September 1, 2024, all powers, duties, | ||
functions, programs, employees, administrative support services, | ||
contracts, property, records, and other resources necessary to | ||
comply with this Act are transferred from the Department of Family | ||
and Protective Services to the Health and Human Services | ||
Commission, including the operating fund and trust fund under | ||
Subchapter B, Chapter 137, Human Resources Code, as amended by this | ||
Act. | ||
(b) The Health and Human Services Commission shall, not | ||
later than September 1, 2025, develop and implement its initial | ||
five-year strategic plan under Section 137.004, Human Resources | ||
Code, as amended by this Act. The initial plan must additionally | ||
include plans to develop and implement the system of family support | ||
programs under Section 137.002(a)(2), Human Resources Code, as | ||
amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |