Bill Text: TX SB497 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
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By: Uresti | S.B. No. 497 |
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relating to the creation of an office of workforce development and | ||
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 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYTICS. | ||
The department shall create an office of workforce development and | ||
analytics to provide workforce support services, oversee workforce | ||
recruitment and training, and perform data analytics for the | ||
department. The office shall report to the deputy commissioner of | ||
the department and shall: | ||
(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 on: | ||
(A) employee complaint data and trends in | ||
employee complaints; | ||
(B) compliance with annual department | ||
performance evaluation requirements; | ||
(C) capped caseload policies; and | ||
(D) the department's use of positive performance | ||
levels for employees; | ||
(6) manage workforce recruitment, including the | ||
hiring and training of caseworkers and management; | ||
(7) track employee tenure and internal employee | ||
transfers within both the child protective services division and | ||
the department; and | ||
(8) 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. | ||
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 workforce | ||
development and 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. |