Bill Text: TX SB497 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of an office of data analytics in the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB497 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB497-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 497 |
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relating to the creation of an office of data analytics in 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 Section 40.041 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 40.041. OFFICE OF DATA ANALYTICS. The department | ||
shall create an office of data analytics. The office shall report | ||
to the deputy commissioner and may perform any of the following | ||
functions, as determined by the department: | ||
(1) monitor management trends; | ||
(2) analyze employee exit surveys and interviews; | ||
(3) evaluate the effectiveness of employee retention | ||
efforts, including merit pay; | ||
(4) create and manage a system for handling employee | ||
complaints submitted by the employee outside of an employee's | ||
direct chain of command, including anonymous complaints; | ||
(5) monitor and provide reports to department | ||
management personnel on: | ||
(A) employee complaint data and trends in | ||
employee complaints; | ||
(B) compliance with annual department | ||
performance evaluation requirements; and | ||
(C) the department's use of positive performance | ||
levels for employees; | ||
(6) track employee tenure and internal employee | ||
transfers within both the child protective services division and | ||
the department; | ||
(7) use data analytics to predict workforce shortages | ||
and identify areas of the department with high rates of employee | ||
turnover, and develop a process to inform the deputy commissioner | ||
and other appropriate staff regarding the office's findings; | ||
(8) create and monitor reports on key metrics of | ||
agency performance; | ||
(9) analyze available data, including data on employee | ||
training, for historical and predictive department trends; and | ||
(10) conduct any other data analysis the department | ||
determines to be appropriate for improving performance, meeting the | ||
department's current business needs, or fulfilling the powers and | ||
duties of the department. | ||
SECTION 2. As soon as possible after the effective date of | ||
this Act, the commissioner of the Department of Family and | ||
Protective Services shall establish the office of data analytics | ||
required by Section 40.041, Human Resources Code, as added by this | ||
Act. The commissioner and the executive commissioner of the Health | ||
and Human Services Commission shall transfer appropriate staff as | ||
necessary to conduct the duties of the office. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 497 passed the Senate on | ||
March 22, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 497 passed the House on | ||
May 21, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 9, one | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |