Bill Text: TX HB753 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the recruitment and retention of certain caseworkers employed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB753 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB753-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 753 | ||
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| relating to the recruitment and retention of certain caseworkers | ||
| employed by the Department of Family and Protective Services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Sections 40.0327 and 40.0328 to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 40.0327. PREEMPLOYMENT ASSESSMENT; PREFERENCE. | ||
| (a) The department shall use special assessment tools in screening | ||
| applicants for employment with the child protective services | ||
| division in order to match an applicant with the position in the | ||
| division for which an applicant would be best suited based on the | ||
| applicant's skills, personality traits, and experience. | ||
| (b) The department shall give favorable consideration to an | ||
| applicant for an entry-level caseworker position who has a master's | ||
| degree or bachelor's degree in social work over other applicants | ||
| who have comparable skills. | ||
| Sec. 40.0328. SALARY STUDY. (a) The department shall study | ||
| the salaries of each type of child protective services caseworker | ||
| to determine the role salary plays in the recruitment and retention | ||
| of caseworkers and in the turnover rate for each type of caseworker. | ||
| (b) Not later than December 1, 2012, the department shall | ||
| report the results of the study and any recommendations to the | ||
| governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of | ||
| representatives, and standing committee of each house of the | ||
| legislature with jurisdiction over the department. | ||
| (c) The commission shall consider contracting with an | ||
| institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, | ||
| Education Code, to perform the study required by this section. | ||
| (d) This section expires September 1, 2013. | ||
| 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, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 753 was passed by the House on May 5, | ||
| 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 6, 1 present, not | ||
| voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to | ||
| H.B. No. 753 on May 25, 2011, and requested the appointment of a | ||
| conference committee to consider the differences between the two | ||
| houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report | ||
| on H.B. No. 753 on May 29, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 116, | ||
| Nays 27, 2 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 753 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 20, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays | ||
| 2; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference | ||
| committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and | ||
| that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. | ||
| 753 on May 29, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2 | ||
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| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
