Bill Text: TX SB1857 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the exchange of certain information between the Department of Family and Protective Services or certain foster care services contractors and a state or local juvenile justice agency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-05 - Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues [SB1857 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1857-Engrossed.html
| By: Whitmire, Garcia | S.B. No. 1857 | |
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| relating to the exchange of certain information between the | ||
| Department of Family and Protective Services or certain foster care | ||
| services contractors and a state or local juvenile justice agency. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 58.0052, Family Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Juvenile justice agency" has the meaning assigned | ||
| by Section 58.101. | ||
| (2) "Juvenile service provider" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 58.0051. | ||
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| (A) is younger than 19 years of age; and | ||
| (B) has received services from two or more | ||
| juvenile service providers. | ||
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| personally identifiable information regarding a multi-system | ||
| youth's physical or mental health or the provision of or payment for | ||
| health care services, including case management services, to a | ||
| multi-system youth. The term does not include clinical | ||
| psychological notes or substance abuse treatment information. | ||
| (b-1) At the request of a state or local juvenile justice | ||
| agency, the Department of Family and Protective Services or a | ||
| single source continuum contractor who contracts with the | ||
| department to provide foster care services shall, not later than | ||
| the 14th business day after the date of the request, share with the | ||
| juvenile justice agency information in the possession of the | ||
| department or contractor that assists the agency in the | ||
| continuation of services for or providing services to a | ||
| multi-system youth who: | ||
| (1) is or has been in the temporary or permanent | ||
| managing conservatorship of the department; | ||
| (2) is or was the subject of a family-based safety | ||
| services case with the department; | ||
| (3) has been reported as an alleged victim of abuse or | ||
| neglect to the department; | ||
| (4) is the perpetrator in a case in which the | ||
| department investigation concluded that there was a reason to | ||
| believe that abuse or neglect occurred; or | ||
| (5) is a victim in a case in which the department | ||
| investigation concluded that there was a reason to believe that | ||
| abuse or neglect occurred. | ||
| (b-2) At the request of the Department of Family and | ||
| Protective Services or a single source continuum contractor who | ||
| contracts with the department to provide foster care services, a | ||
| state or local juvenile justice agency shall share with the | ||
| department or contractor information in the possession of the | ||
| juvenile justice agency that assists the department or contractor | ||
| in the continuation of services for or providing services to a | ||
| multi-system youth who is or has been in the custody or control of | ||
| the juvenile justice agency. | ||
| 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. | ||
