Bill Text: TX HB4956 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to monthly reports of certain activity of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-03 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB4956 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4956-Comm_Sub.html
88R24049 BDP-F | |||
By: Shaheen | H.B. No. 4956 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4956: | |||
By: Noble | C.S.H.B. No. 4956 |
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relating to monthly reports of certain activity of the Department | ||
of Family and Protective Services. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 264.017, Family Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (f), (g), and (h) to read as follows: | ||
(f) In addition to the other reports required by this | ||
section, the department shall publish a monthly report containing | ||
the following information for the preceding month: | ||
(1) with respect to statewide intake: | ||
(A) the number of child abuse, neglect, or | ||
exploitation reports received sorted by the source of the report; | ||
(B) the number of child abuse, neglect, or | ||
exploitation reports that met the statutory definition of child | ||
abuse, neglect, or exploitation that were referred for | ||
investigation sorted by the type of allegation and the number of | ||
reports that were confirmed as abuse, neglect, or exploitation | ||
after an investigation; | ||
(C) the average time to process an electronic | ||
report of child abuse, neglect, or exploitation; | ||
(D) the average hold time for calls to the | ||
department's abuse hotline; | ||
(E) information regarding calls to the | ||
department's abuse hotline that were placed by a parent, including: | ||
(i) the number of calls; | ||
(ii) the person or division in the | ||
department to which each call was routed; and | ||
(iii) the number of calls classified by the | ||
department as an information and referral report; and | ||
(F) the percentage of calls to the department's | ||
abuse hotline that were abandoned before the caller spoke with a | ||
person; | ||
(2) with respect to child protective investigations: | ||
(A) the total number of cases opened; | ||
(B) the total number of cases completed and | ||
closed sorted by the manner in which the case was closed; | ||
(C) the average number of days to close a case | ||
that is assigned an investigation; | ||
(D) the total number of cases opened at | ||
residential child-care facilities; | ||
(E) the total number of cases classified as | ||
alternative response cases by the department; | ||
(F) the total number of alternative response | ||
cases that are later opened for a traditional investigation; | ||
(G) the average number of days to close a case | ||
that is classified as an alternative response case by the | ||
department; | ||
(H) the total percentage of cases assigned the | ||
highest and second highest priorities the investigations of which | ||
were started within the time required by Section 261.301; | ||
(I) the total number of cases for which the | ||
determination was changed after an administrative review within 12 | ||
months of the date of the determination; | ||
(J) the percentage of alleged victims in | ||
investigations that were closed without providing services for | ||
which, within 12 months of the date the case was closed, the | ||
department: | ||
(i) confirmed another allegation of abuse, | ||
neglect, or exploitation against the child; or | ||
(ii) opened another stage for services; and | ||
(K) the total number of children removed from | ||
their home sorted by the reason for removal or allegation type; | ||
(3) with respect to family-based safety services: | ||
(A) the total number of cases opened, sorted by | ||
cases in which the parent is receiving services from the | ||
department: | ||
(i) voluntarily; or | ||
(ii) under a court order; | ||
(B) the total number of cases closed; | ||
(C) the average number of days to close a case; | ||
(D) the percentage of cases in which a child was | ||
eventually removed from the child's home; and | ||
(E) the percentage of cases which were closed | ||
without providing further services for which, within 12 months of | ||
the date the case was closed, the department: | ||
(i) confirmed another allegation of abuse, | ||
neglect, or exploitation against the child; or | ||
(ii) opened another stage for services; | ||
(4) with respect to conservatorship services: | ||
(A) the total number of children removed from | ||
their home; | ||
(B) the total number of children who exited from | ||
the managing conservatorship of the department sorted by the manner | ||
in which the child exited; | ||
(C) the average number of months a child remained | ||
in the managing conservatorship of the department; | ||
(D) the average number of placements a child has | ||
while in the managing conservatorship of the department; | ||
(E) the percentage of sibling groups placed with | ||
the same foster family; | ||
(F) the percentage of youth who have aged out of | ||
foster care and completed the Preparation for Adult Living program; | ||
(G) the percentage of youth who exited from the | ||
managing conservatorship of the department to a permanent | ||
placement; | ||
(H) the percentage of children who are adopted | ||
within 12 months of the date their parent's parental rights were | ||
terminated; | ||
(I) the percentage of children in the managing | ||
conservatorship of the department for longer than two years who | ||
achieve permanency; | ||
(J) the percentage of children who are returned | ||
to their parents and for whom, within 12 months of the date the case | ||
was closed, the department: | ||
(i) confirmed another allegation of abuse, | ||
neglect, or exploitation against the child; or | ||
(ii) opened another stage for services; | ||
(K) the percentage of children in the managing | ||
conservatorship of the department who are placed with a relative | ||
caregiver; | ||
(L) the percentage of children in foster care | ||
placed in each county in the state; and | ||
(M) the performance and outcomes of | ||
community-based care sorted by catchment area; | ||
(5) with respect to residential child-care licensing, | ||
the number of validated allegations of child abuse, neglect, or | ||
exploitation in child-care facilities; and | ||
(6) with respect to parental child safety placement | ||
agreements: | ||
(A) the number of children placed under a | ||
parental child safety placement agreement; | ||
(B) the average duration of a placement under a | ||
parental child safety placement agreement; | ||
(C) the average duration of a placement under a | ||
parental child safety placement agreement during an investigation; | ||
and | ||
(D) the percentage of children removed from a | ||
placement under a parental child safety placement agreement and | ||
placed in the managing conservatorship of the department. | ||
(g) The department shall provide the report required by | ||
Subsection (f) to the legislature and shall publish the report and | ||
make the report available electronically to the public not later | ||
than the 30th day after the end of the month for which the report is | ||
made. | ||
(h) The department may contract with a third party to assist | ||
the department with collecting, analyzing, and reporting the data | ||
required under Subsection (f). The third party must: | ||
(1) be a Texas-based university; | ||
(2) be independent of the department; and | ||
(3) have demonstrated expertise in statistical, | ||
financial, actuarial, logistical, and operational analysis. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |