Bill Text: TX HB695 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a caseload management system for child protective services caseworkers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-27 - Referred to Human Services [HB695 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB695-Introduced.html
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| By: Wu | H.B. No. 695 | |
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| relating to the establishment of a caseload management system 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 40.0328 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 40.0328. CASEWORKER CASELOAD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. The | ||
| department shall manage the duties of caseworkers to maintain the | ||
| safety of children in child protective services by establishing a | ||
| caseload management system that: | ||
| (1) assigns a risk score to each child in the | ||
| department's care based on an assessment of the current and | ||
| potential risk of harm to the child from abuse or neglect; | ||
| (2) determines the appropriate number of cases to be | ||
| assigned to a caseworker based on the risk scores of the children | ||
| assigned to the caseworker; and | ||
| (3) proportionally limits the number of children with | ||
| higher risk scores that may be assigned to any one caseworker. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Department of Family and Protective Services shall | ||
| establish and implement the caseload management system as required | ||
| under Section 40.0328, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
