Bill Text: TX HB634 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to minimum education requirements for child protective services caseworkers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-03 - Left pending in committee [HB634 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB634-Introduced.html
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By: González of El Paso | H.B. No. 634 |
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relating to minimum education requirements for child protective | ||
services caseworkers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 40.0324 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 40.0324. MINIMUM CASEWORKER EDUCATION REQUIREMENT. | ||
The department may not hire a person to be a child protective | ||
services caseworker unless the person has a bachelor's degree. The | ||
department shall give preference to an applicant for a child | ||
protective services caseworker position if the applicant has a | ||
bachelor's degree or an advanced degree in social work conferred by | ||
a college or university accredited by an accrediting organization | ||
recognized by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 40.0324, Human Resources Code, as added | ||
by this Act, applies only to a child protective services caseworker | ||
hired by the Department of Family and Protective Services on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. A caseworker hired before the | ||
effective date of this Act is not required to possess the degree | ||
required by Section 40.0324, Human Resources Code, as added by this | ||
Act, as long as the person remains employed by the Department of | ||
Family and Protective Services as a caseworker. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |