Bill Text: TX HB696 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to information included in reports on caseloads for child protective services caseworkers.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-27 - Referred to Human Services [HB696 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB696-Introduced.html

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85R1620 MK-D
By: Wu H.B. No. 696

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to information included in reports on caseloads for child
protective services caseworkers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 40.0528(d), Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) The department shall measure the [In reporting
information relating to] caseloads of child protective services
caseworkers [,] in accordance with standards developed by [addition
to reporting caseload by each individual affected by the case,] the
department. The standards must include:
(1) the total number of children involved in the case;
(2) the type of placement for each child involved in
the case;
(3) the total number of placements for the case;
(4) the level of care required for each child involved
in the case;
(5) the level of department intervention and parental
or family services required for the case; and
(6) the level of caseworker experience required to
appropriately manage the case [shall report the number of cases for
each caseworker on the basis of family unit].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.