Bill Text: TX HB913 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a statewide homelessness data system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-02 - Referred to Urban Affairs [HB913 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB913-Introduced.html
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| By: Campos | H.B. No. 913 | |
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| relating to the establishment of a statewide homelessness data | ||
| system. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter KK, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2306.911 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2306.911. STATEWIDE HOMELESSNESS DATA SYSTEM. (a) | ||
| The council shall collaborate with a state agency designated by the | ||
| council to establish a statewide homelessness data system through | ||
| which: | ||
| (1) state agencies and local governmental entities, | ||
| including law enforcement agencies, court systems, school | ||
| districts, and emergency service providers, are able to share | ||
| information related to individuals experiencing homelessness; and | ||
| (2) the entities described by Subdivision (1) are able | ||
| to access information related to individuals experiencing | ||
| homelessness in order to connect or refer those individuals to | ||
| services, including affordable housing opportunities. | ||
| (b) In developing the data system, the council and the state | ||
| agency designated by the council shall: | ||
| (1) consult with representatives of the entities | ||
| described by Subsection (a) to determine the challenges faced by | ||
| those entities in addressing homelessness and how best to improve | ||
| the responses to those challenges; | ||
| (2) enter into data sharing agreements as necessary | ||
| for the exchange of information relating to individuals | ||
| experiencing homelessness through the data system; and | ||
| (3) ensure that information stored in the data system | ||
| that is confidential under state or federal law is not disclosed. | ||
| (c) The data system established under this section must: | ||
| (1) to the extent permitted by a data sharing | ||
| agreement, collect data from other homelessness data systems | ||
| maintained or operated by a state agency, local law enforcement | ||
| agency, or other entity of this state; and | ||
| (2) collect, aggregate, analyze, and share | ||
| homelessness information submitted to the data system with entities | ||
| that have access to the system. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2025, the Texas | ||
| Interagency Council for the Homeless described by Subchapter KK, | ||
| Chapter 2306, Government Code, or an entity designated by the | ||
| council shall prepare and submit to the legislature and the Texas | ||
| Department of Housing and Community Affairs a written report that | ||
| evaluates the effectiveness of the statewide homelessness data | ||
| system established under Section 2306.911, Government Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, in addressing homelessness in this state. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
