Bill Text: TX HB781 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to caregiver screening and training by substitute care providers for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB781 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB781-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to caregiver screening and training by substitute care providers for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB781 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB781-Introduced.html
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By: Burkett | H.B. No. 781 |
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relating to caregiver screening and training by substitute care | ||
providers for children in the conservatorship of the Department of | ||
Family and Protective Services. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 264.106(b) and (e), Family Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The department shall[ |
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(1) assess the need for substitute care services | ||
throughout the state; | ||
(2) contract with substitute care providers for the | ||
provision of all necessary substitute care services when the | ||
department determines that entering into a contract will improve | ||
services to children and families; | ||
(3) monitor the quality of services for which the | ||
department contracts under this section; | ||
(4) determine and evaluate, using best practice | ||
standards, the home screening, assessment, and preservice training | ||
requirements used by substitute care providers before the | ||
verification and approval of caregivers, including: | ||
(A) risk assessment evaluations used; and | ||
(B) the curriculum and models used and topics | ||
covered in caregiver training; | ||
(5) publish on the department's Internet website the | ||
information collected by the department regarding the curriculum | ||
and training models used and topics covered during caregiver | ||
training by substitute care providers; and | ||
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accordance with federal law and the laws of this state, including | ||
department rules and rules of the Department of State Health | ||
Services and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. | ||
(e) In addition to the requirements of Section 40.058(b), | ||
Human Resources Code, a contract authorized under this section must | ||
include provisions that: | ||
(1) enable the department to monitor the effectiveness | ||
of the services; | ||
(2) specify performance outcomes; | ||
(3) authorize the department to terminate the contract | ||
or impose sanctions for a violation of a provision of the contract | ||
that specifies performance criteria; | ||
(4) ensure that a private agency that is providing | ||
substitute care or case management services for a child shall | ||
provide to the child's attorney ad litem and guardian ad litem | ||
access to the agency's information and records relating to the | ||
child; | ||
(5) authorize the department, an agent of the | ||
department, and the state auditor to inspect all books, records, | ||
and files maintained by a contractor relating to the contract; | ||
(6) require each substitute care provider to provide | ||
at least 35 hours of competency-based, preservice training to | ||
potential caregivers before verifying or approving the caregiver; | ||
and | ||
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ensure accountability for the delivery of services and for the | ||
expenditure of public funds. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |