Bill Text: TX HB5176 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an annual report published by the Department of Family and Protective Services regarding child protective services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-24 - Referred to Human Services [HB5176 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5176-Introduced.html
88R14792 AMF-F | ||
By: Gates | H.B. No. 5176 |
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relating to an annual report published by the Department of Family | ||
and Protective Services regarding child protective services. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 40.0516(a), Human Resources Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The department shall collect and compile the following | ||
data on the state and county level: | ||
(1) the following information for reports of abuse and | ||
neglect in residential child-care facilities, as defined by Section | ||
42.002: | ||
(A) the number of reports of abuse and neglect | ||
made to the department hotline; | ||
(B) the types of abuse and neglect reported; | ||
(C) the investigation priority level assigned to | ||
each report; | ||
(D) the investigation response times, sorted by | ||
investigation priority; | ||
(E) the disposition of each investigation; | ||
(F) the number of reports of abuse and neglect to | ||
which the department assigned a disposition of call screened out or | ||
alternative or differential response provided; and | ||
(G) the overall safety and risk finding for each | ||
investigation; | ||
(2) the number of families referred to family | ||
preservation services, organized by the risk level assigned to each | ||
family through structured decision-making; | ||
(3) the number of children removed from the child's | ||
home as the result of an investigation of a report of abuse or | ||
neglect and the primary circumstances that contributed to the | ||
removal; | ||
(4) the number of children placed in substitute care, | ||
organized by type of placement; | ||
(5) the number of children placed out of the child's | ||
home county or region; | ||
(6) the number of children in the conservatorship of | ||
the department at each service level; | ||
(7) the number of children in the conservatorship of | ||
the department who are pregnant or who are a parent; | ||
(8) the number of children in the managing | ||
conservatorship of the department who are the parent of a child who | ||
is also in the managing conservatorship of the department; | ||
(9) the recurrence of child abuse or neglect in a | ||
household in which the department investigated a report of abuse or | ||
neglect within six months and one year of the date the case was | ||
closed separated by the following type of case: | ||
(A) cases that were administratively closed | ||
without further action; | ||
(B) cases in which the child was removed and | ||
placed in the managing conservatorship of the department; and | ||
(C) cases in which the department provided family | ||
preservation services; | ||
(10) the recurrence of child abuse and neglect in a | ||
household within five years of the date the case was closed for | ||
cases described by Subdivisions (9)(B) and (C); [ |
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(11) workforce turnover data for child protective | ||
services employees, including the average tenure of caseworkers and | ||
supervisors and the average salary of caseworkers and supervisors; | ||
(12) the number of cases in which the department | ||
interviewed the alleged perpetrator and, of those cases: | ||
(A) the number of cases in which the alleged | ||
perpetrator was informed of the alleged perpetrator's right to: | ||
(i) record the interview under Section | ||
261.3027, Family Code; and | ||
(ii) request an administrative review of | ||
the department's findings under Section 261.309, Family Code; | ||
(B) the number of cases in which the alleged | ||
perpetrator signed the department's form informing the alleged | ||
perpetrator of the alleged perpetrator's rights prior to the | ||
interview; and | ||
(C) the number of cases in which the department's | ||
form informing the alleged perpetrator of the alleged perpetrator's | ||
rights is included in the department's records for that case; | ||
(13) for each case in which an investigation of child | ||
abuse or neglect resulted in a disposition of reason to believe | ||
abuse or neglect occurred: | ||
(A) the number of cases in which the department | ||
was granted temporary managing conservatorship of the child and, of | ||
those cases, the number of children placed: | ||
(i) in foster care; | ||
(ii) with a relative caregiver; and | ||
(iii) with a designated caregiver; | ||
(B) the number of cases in which the department | ||
entered into a parental child safety placement agreement with a | ||
parent or other person with whom the child resides under Section | ||
264.902, Family Code, and, of those cases, the number of children | ||
placed with a parental child safety placement caregiver who is: | ||
(i) a relative; | ||
(ii) a close friend; or | ||
(iii) someone other than an individual | ||
listed in Subparagraph (i) or (ii); and | ||
(C) the number of cases in which the child | ||
remained with the child's parent or other person with whom the child | ||
resides; | ||
(14) the number of cases in which a suit was filed | ||
after a child was taken into possession without a court order by a | ||
governmental entity in which the initial hearing was ex parte and, | ||
of those cases: | ||
(A) the number of cases in which the court | ||
granted temporary managing conservatorship of the child to the | ||
department; and | ||
(B) the number of cases in which the court | ||
ordered the return of the child; | ||
(15) the number of cases in which the department filed | ||
a petition for the removal of the alleged perpetrator from the | ||
residence of the child and, of those cases: | ||
(A) the number of cases in which the court issued | ||
a temporary restraining order under Section 262.1015, Family Code, | ||
or any other order requiring the removal of an alleged perpetrator | ||
from the residence of a child; and | ||
(B) the number of cases in which the court did not | ||
issue a temporary restraining order under Section 262.1015, Family | ||
Code, or any other order requiring the removal of an alleged | ||
perpetrator from the residence of a child; | ||
(16) the number of cases in which the department | ||
filed, at the full adversary hearing under Section 262.201, Family | ||
Code: | ||
(A) a copy of each proposed child placement | ||
resources form completed by the parent or other person having legal | ||
custody of the child; | ||
(B) a copy of any completed home study performed | ||
under Section 262.114, Family Code; and | ||
(C) the name of the relative or other designated | ||
caregiver, if any, with whom the child has been placed; | ||
(17) for suits in which a full adversary hearing is | ||
held under Section 262.201, Family Code, the number of cases in | ||
which a child was placed: | ||
(A) with a person related to the child by blood, | ||
marriage, or adoption; | ||
(B) with a person with whom the child has a | ||
long-standing and significant relationship; | ||
(C) in a foster home; | ||
(D) in a general residential operation; or | ||
(E) in another placement; | ||
(18) for cases in which a court ordered the placement | ||
of a child with a caregiver other than the child's parent, the | ||
number of placements the court did not complete and the number the | ||
court completed in the following time frames: | ||
(A) before the end of the fifth day after the date | ||
the court rendered the order; | ||
(B) after the fifth day but before the end of the | ||
15th day after the date the court rendered the order; | ||
(C) after the 15th day but before the end of the | ||
60th day after the date the court rendered the order; or | ||
(D) after the 60th day after the date the court | ||
rendered the order; and | ||
(19) the number of cases in which the department | ||
entered into a parental child safety placement agreement with a | ||
parent or other person with whom the child resides under Section | ||
264.902, Family Code, and, of those cases: | ||
(A) the number of children placed with a parental | ||
child safety placement caregiver who is: | ||
(i) a relative; | ||
(ii) a close friend; or | ||
(iii) someone other than an individual | ||
listed in Subparagraph (i) or (ii); | ||
(B) the number of cases in which the parental | ||
child safety placement agreement was terminated: | ||
(i) before the end of the 60th day after the | ||
date the department entered into the agreement; and | ||
(ii) after the 60th day after the date the | ||
department entered into the agreement; and | ||
(C) after the agreement terminated, the number of | ||
children that: | ||
(i) were returned to a parent; | ||
(ii) entered foster care under a court | ||
order; | ||
(iii) were placed with a relative caregiver | ||
under a court order; | ||
(iv) were placed with a designated | ||
caregiver under a court order; | ||
(v) were placed with a person other than a | ||
person described by Subparagraphs (i) through (iv) under a court | ||
order; and | ||
(vi) were placed with a person without a | ||
court order. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |