TX Hum Res Code § 40.0516 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Human Resources Code|Title 2 - Human Services and Protective Services in General|Subtitle D - Department of Family and Protective Services; Child Welfare and Protective Services|Chapter 40 - Department of Family and Protective Services|Subchapter C. General Functions of Department|Section 40.0516. Collection of Data; Annual Report

Sec. 40.0516.  COLLECTION OF DATA; ANNUAL REPORT.  (a)  The department shall collect and compile the following data on the state and county level:(1)  the following information for reports of abuse and neglect in residential child-care facilities, as defined by Section 42.002:(A)  the number of reports of abuse and neglect made to the department hotline;(B)  the types of abuse and neglect reported;(C)  the investigation priority level assigned to each report;(D)  the investigation response times, sorted by investigation priority;(E)  the disposition of each investigation;(F)  the number of reports of abuse and neglect to which the department assigned a disposition of call screened out or alternative or differential response provided; and(G)  the overall safety and risk finding for each investigation;(2)  the number of families referred to family preservation services, organized by the risk level assigned to each family through structured decision-making;(3)  the number of children removed from the child's home as the result of an investigation of a report of abuse or neglect and the primary circumstances that contributed to the removal;(4)  the number of children placed in substitute care, organized by type of placement;(5)  the number of children placed out of the child's home county or region;(6)  the number of children in the conservatorship of the department at each service level;(7)  the number of children in the conservatorship of the department who are pregnant or who are a parent; (8)  the number of children in the managing conservatorship of the department who are the parent of a child who is also in the managing conservatorship of the department;(9)  the recurrence of child abuse or neglect in a household in which the department investigated a report of abuse or neglect within six months and one year of the date the case was closed separated by the following type of case:(A)  cases that were administratively closed without further action;(B)  cases in which the child was removed and placed in  the managing conservatorship of the department; and(C)  cases in which the department provided family preservation services;(10)  the recurrence of child abuse and neglect in a household within five years of the date the case was closed for cases described by Subdivisions (9)(B) and (C); and(11)  workforce turnover data for child protective services employees, including the average tenure of caseworkers and supervisors and the average salary of caseworkers and supervisors.(b)  Not later than February 1 of each year, the department shall publish a report containing data collected under this section.  The report must include the statewide data and the data reported by county.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 822 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2017.|