Bill Text: TX SB2077 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of protective services and the conduct of certain investigations through the adult protective services program of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-28 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB2077 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB2077-Introduced.html
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By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 2077 |
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relating to the provision of protective services and the conduct of | ||
certain investigations through the adult protective services | ||
program of the Department of Family and Protective Services. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 40.002(b), Human Resources Code, as | ||
effective September 1, 2017, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Except as provided by Section 40.0025, the department | ||
shall: | ||
(1) provide protective services for children and | ||
elderly persons and persons with disabilities, including | ||
investigations of alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation by a | ||
provider the department has authority to investigate under Section | ||
48.252 or under Section 261.404, Family Code [ |
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(2) provide family support and family preservation | ||
services that respect the fundamental right of parents to control | ||
the education and upbringing of their children; | ||
(3) license, register, and enforce regulations | ||
applicable to child-care facilities, child-care administrators, | ||
and child-placing agency administrators; and | ||
(4) implement and manage programs intended to provide | ||
early intervention or prevent at-risk behaviors that lead to child | ||
abuse, delinquency, running away, truancy, and dropping out of | ||
school. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 40.0025(b), Human Resources Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) In accordance with Subchapter A-1, Chapter 531, | ||
Government Code, and notwithstanding any other law, the department | ||
performs only functions, including the statewide intake of reports | ||
and other information, related to the following services: | ||
(1) child protective services, including services | ||
that are required by federal law to be provided by this state's | ||
child welfare agency; | ||
(2) adult protective services, including | ||
investigations conducted by adult protective services under | ||
Section 48.252 or under Section 261.404, Family Code [ |
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(3) prevention and early intervention services | ||
functions, including: | ||
(A) prevention and early intervention services | ||
as defined under Section 265.001, Family Code; and | ||
(B) programs that: | ||
(i) provide parent education; | ||
(ii) promote healthier parent-child | ||
relationships; or | ||
(iii) prevent family violence. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 531.02011, Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 531.02011. PHASE TWO: FINAL TRANSFERS TO COMMISSION. | ||
On the dates specified in the transition plan required under | ||
Section 531.0204, the following functions are transferred to the | ||
commission as provided by this subchapter: | ||
(1) all functions of each state agency and entity | ||
subject to abolition under Section 531.0202(b) that remained with | ||
the agency or entity after the initial transfer of functions under | ||
Section 531.0201 or a transfer of administrative support services | ||
functions under Section 531.02012; | ||
(2) regulatory functions and functions related to | ||
state-operated institutions of the Department of State Health | ||
Services; and | ||
(3) regulatory functions of the Department of Family | ||
and Protective Services, other than regulatory functions of the | ||
department's adult protective services program involving | ||
investigations conducted under Section 48.252, Human Resources | ||
Code, or Section 261.404, Family Code. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 531.02013, Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 531.02013. FUNCTIONS REMAINING WITH CERTAIN AGENCIES. | ||
The following functions are not subject to transfer under Sections | ||
531.0201 and 531.02011: | ||
(1) the functions of the Department of Family and | ||
Protective Services, including the statewide intake of reports and | ||
other information, related to the following: | ||
(A) child protective services, including | ||
services that are required by federal law to be provided by this | ||
state's child welfare agency; | ||
(B) adult protective services, including | ||
investigations conducted by adult protective services under | ||
Section 48.252, Human Resources Code, or Section 261.404, Family | ||
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(C) prevention and early intervention services; | ||
and | ||
(2) the public health functions of the Department of | ||
State Health Services, including health care data collection and | ||
maintenance of the Texas Health Care Information Collection | ||
program. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |