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TX Fam Code § 264.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. -1. Community-Based Care|Section 264.153. Community-Based Care Implementation Plan

Sec. 264.153.  COMMUNITY-BASED CARE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.  (a)  The department shall develop and maintain a plan for implementing community-based care.  The plan must:(1)  describe the department's expectations, goals, and approach to implementing community-based care;(2)  include a timeline for implementing community-based care throughout this state, any limitations related to the implementation, and a progressive intervention plan and a contingency plan to provide continuity of the delivery of foster care services and services for relative and kinship caregivers if a contract with a single source continuum contractor ends prematurely;(3)  delineate and define the case management roles and responsibilities of the department and the department's contractors and the duties, employees, and related funding that will be transferred to the contractor by the department;(4)  identify any training needs and include long-range and continuous plans for training and cross-training staff, including plans to train caseworkers using the standardized curriculum created by the human trafficking prevention task force under Section 402.035(d)(6), Government Code, as that section existed on August 31, 2017;(5)  include a plan for evaluating the costs and tasks associated with each contract procurement, including the initial and ongoing contract costs for the department and contractor;(6)  include the department's contract monitoring approach and a plan for evaluating the performance of each contractor and the community-based care system as a whole that includes an independent evaluation of each contractor's processes and fiscal and qualitative outcomes; and(7)  include a report on transition issues resulting from implementation of community-based care.(b)  The department shall annually:(1)  update the implementation plan developed under this section and post the updated plan on the department's Internet website; and(2)  post on the department's Internet website the progress the department has made toward its goals for implementing community-based care.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 206), Sec. 57, eff. September 1, 2015.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Family Code, Section 264.126 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 18(b), eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Fam Code § 264.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. -1. Community-Based Care|Section 264.154. Qualifications of Single Source Continuum Contractor; Selection

Sec. 264.154.  QUALIFICATIONS OF SINGLE SOURCE CONTINUUM CONTRACTOR; SELECTION.  (a)  To enter into a contract with the commission or department to serve as a single source continuum contractor to provide services under this subchapter, an entity must be:(1)  a nonprofit entity that has:(A)  an organizational mission focused on child welfare; and(B)  a majority of the entity's board members residing in this state; or(2)  a governmental entity.(b)  In selecting a single source continuum contractor, the department shall consider whether a prospective contractor for a catchment area has demonstrated experience in providing services to children and families in the catchment area.(c)  The department shall request local stakeholders in a catchment area, including those listed in Section 264.155(a)(8), to provide any necessary information about the catchment area that will assist the department in:(1)  preparing the department's request for bids, proposals, or other applicable expressions of interest to provide community-based care in the catchment area; and(2)  selecting a single source continuum contractor to provide community-based care in the catchment area.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 18(a), eff. September 1, 2017.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 621 (S.B. 1896), Sec. 7, eff. June 14, 2021.|
TX Fam Code § 264.156 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. -1. Community-Based Care|Section 264.156. Readiness Review Process for Community-Based Care Contractor

Sec. 264.156.  READINESS REVIEW PROCESS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED CARE CONTRACTOR.  (a)  The department shall develop a formal review process to assess the ability of a single source continuum contractor to satisfy the responsibilities and administrative requirements of delivering foster care services and services for relative and kinship caregivers, including the contractor's ability to provide:(1)  case management services for children and families;(2)  evidence-based, promising practice, or evidence-informed supports for children and families; and(3)  sufficient available capacity for inpatient and outpatient services and supports for children at all service levels who have previously been placed in the catchment area.(b)  As part of the readiness review process, the single source continuum contractor must prepare a plan detailing the methods by which the contractor will avoid or eliminate conflicts of interest.  The department may not transfer services to the contractor until the department has determined the plan is adequate.(c)  Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 621 (S.B. 1896), Sec. 26(1), eff. June 14, 2021.(d)  If after conducting the review process developed under Subsection (a) the department determines that a single source continuum contractor is able to adequately deliver foster care services and services for relative and kinship caregivers in advance of the projected dates stated in the timeline included in the contract with the contractor, the department may adjust the timeline to allow for an earlier transition of service delivery to the contractor.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 18(a), eff. September 1, 2017.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 621 (S.B. 1896), Sec. 26(1), eff. June 14, 2021.|
TX Fam Code § 264.157 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. -1. Community-Based Care|Section 264.157. Expansion of Community-Based Care

Sec. 264.157.  EXPANSION OF COMMUNITY-BASED CARE.  (a)  Not later than the last day of the state fiscal biennium, the department shall:(1)  identify the catchment areas in the state where the department will implement community-based care; and(2)  following the implementation of community-based care services in those catchment areas, retain an entity based in this state that is independent of the department to conduct an evaluation of the implementation process and the single source continuum contractor performance in each catchment area.(b)  Notwithstanding the process for the expansion of community-based care described in Subsection (a), the department shall accept and evaluate unsolicited proposals from entities based in this state to provide community-based care services in a geographic service area where the department has not implemented community-based care. An entity that submits a proposal to provide community-based care services must ensure that it meets all criteria outlined by this subchapter and must demonstrate established connections to the area the entity proposes to serve. The Health and Human Services Commission in conjunction with the department shall adopt rules to ensure that proposals submitted under this subsection comply with state procurement laws and rules.(c)  In expanding community-based care, the department may change the geographic boundaries of catchment areas as necessary to align with specific communities or to enable satisfactory unsolicited proposals for community-based care services to be accepted and implemented.(d)  The department shall ensure the continuity of services for children and families during the transition period to community-based care in a catchment area.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 18(a), eff. September 1, 2017.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 621 (S.B. 1896), Sec. 9, eff. June 14, 2021.|
TX Fam Code § 264.158 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. -1. Community-Based Care|Section 264.158. Transfer of Case Management Services to Single Source Continuum Contractor

Sec. 264.158.  TRANSFER OF CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO SINGLE SOURCE CONTINUUM CONTRACTOR.  (a)  In each initial catchment area where community-based care has been implemented or a contract with a single source continuum contractor has been executed before September 1, 2017, the department shall transfer to the single source continuum contractor providing foster care services in that area:(1)  the case management of children, relative and kinship caregivers, and families receiving services from that contractor; and(2)  family reunification support services to be provided after a child receiving services from the contractor is returned to the child's family for the period of time ordered by the court.(b)  The commission shall include a provision in a contract with a single source continuum contractor to provide foster care services and services for relative and kinship caregivers in a catchment area to which community-based care is expanded after September 1, 2017, that requires the transfer to the contractor of the provision of:(1)  the case management services for children, relative and kinship caregivers, and families in the catchment area where the contractor will be operating; and(2)  family reunification support services to be provided after a child receiving services from the contractor is returned to the child's family.(c)  The department shall collaborate with a single source continuum contractor to establish an initial case transfer planning team to:(1)  address any necessary data transfer;(2)  establish file transfer procedures; and(3)  notify relevant persons regarding the transfer of services to the contractor.(d)  A single source continuum contractor may implement its own procedures to execute the department's statutory duties the contractor assumes and is not required to follow the department's procedures to execute the assumed department duties.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 18(a), eff. September 1, 2017.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 621 (S.B. 1896), Sec. 10, eff. June 14, 2021.|
TX Fam Code § 264.159 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. -1. Community-Based Care|Section 264.159. Data Access and Standards Governance Council

Sec. 264.159.  DATA ACCESS AND STANDARDS GOVERNANCE COUNCIL.  (a)  The department shall create a data access and standards governance council to develop protocols for the interoperable electronic transfer of data from single source continuum contractors to the department to allow the contractors to perform case management functions and additional contracted services by the department.(b)  The council shall develop protocols for the access, management, and security of case data that is electronically shared between a single source continuum contractor and the department.(c)  The council shall develop protocols for the access, management, and security of data shared with an independent entity retained to conduct the independent evaluations required under this subchapter. The protocols shall ensure the entity has full, unrestricted access to all relevant data necessary to perform an evaluation.(d)  The council consists of single source continuum contractors with active contracts and department employees who provide data, legal, information technology, and child protective services.  The council shall meet at least quarterly during each calendar year.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 18(a), eff. September 1, 2017.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 621 (S.B. 1896), Sec. 11, eff. June 14, 2021.|
TX Fam Code § 264.160 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. -1. Community-Based Care|Section 264.160. Liability Insurance Requirements

Sec. 264.160.  LIABILITY INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.  A single source continuum contractor and any subcontractor of the single source continuum contractor providing community-based care services shall maintain minimum insurance coverage, as required in the contract with the department, to minimize the risk of insolvency and protect against damages.  The executive commissioner may adopt rules to implement this section.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 18(a), eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Fam Code § 264.161 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. -1. Community-Based Care|Section 264.161. Statutory Duties Assumed by Contractor

Sec. 264.161.  STATUTORY DUTIES ASSUMED BY CONTRACTOR.  Except as provided by Section 264.163, a single source continuum contractor providing foster care services and services for relative and kinship caregivers in a catchment area must, either directly or through subcontractors, assume the statutory duties of the department in connection with the delivery of foster care services and services for relative and kinship caregivers in that catchment area.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 18(a), eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Fam Code § 264.162 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. -1. Community-Based Care|Section 264.162. Review of Contractor Performance

Sec. 264.162.  REVIEW OF CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE.  The department shall develop a formal review process to evaluate a single source continuum contractor's implementation of placement services and case management services in a catchment area.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 18(a), eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Fam Code § 264.163 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. -1. Community-Based Care|Section 264.163. Continuing Duties of Department

Sec. 264.163.  CONTINUING DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT.  In a catchment area in which a single source continuum contractor is providing family-based safety services or community-based care services, legal representation of the department in an action under this code shall be provided in accordance with Section 264.009.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 18(a), eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Fam Code § 264.164 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. -1. Community-Based Care|Section 264.164. Confidentiality

Sec. 264.164.  CONFIDENTIALITY.  (a)  The records of a single source continuum contractor relating to the provision of community-based care services in a catchment area are subject to Chapter 552, Government Code, in the same manner as the records of the department are subject to that chapter.(b)  Subchapter C, Chapter 261, regarding the confidentiality of certain case information, applies to the records of a single source continuum contractor in relation to the provision of services by the contractor.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 18(a), eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Fam Code § 264.165 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. -1. Community-Based Care|Section 264.165. Notice Required for Early Termination of Contract

Sec. 264.165.  NOTICE REQUIRED FOR EARLY TERMINATION OF CONTRACT.  (a)  A single source continuum contractor may terminate a contract entered into under this subchapter by providing notice to the department and the commission of the contractor's intent to terminate the contract not later than the 60th day before the date of the termination.(b)  The department may terminate a contract entered into with a single source continuum contractor under this subchapter by providing notice to the contractor of the department's intent to terminate the contract not later than the 30th day before the date of termination.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 18(a), eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Fam Code § 264.166 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. -1. Community-Based Care|Section 264.166. Contingency Plan in Event of Early Contract Termination

Sec. 264.166.  CONTINGENCY PLAN IN EVENT OF EARLY CONTRACT TERMINATION.  (a)  In each catchment area in which community-based care is implemented, the department shall create a contingency plan to ensure the continuity of services for children and families in the catchment area in the event of an early termination of the contract with the single source continuum contractor providing foster care services in that catchment area.(b)  To support each contingency plan, the single source continuum contractor providing foster care services in that catchment area, subject to approval by the department, shall develop a transfer plan to ensure the continuity of services for children and families in the catchment area in the event of an early termination of the contract with the department.  The contractor shall submit an updated transfer plan each year and six months before the end of the contract period, including any extension.  The department is not limited or restricted in requiring additional information from the contractor or requiring the contractor to modify the transfer plan as necessary.(c)  If a single source continuum contractor gives notice to the department of an early contract termination, the department may enter into a contract with a different contractor for the sole purpose of assuming the contract that is being terminated.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 18(a), eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Fam Code § 264.167 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. -1. Community-Based Care|Section 264.167. Attorney-Client Privilege

Sec. 264.167.  ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE.  An employee, agent, or representative of a single source continuum contractor is considered to be a client's representative of the department for purposes of the privilege under Rule 503, Texas Rules of Evidence, as that privilege applies to communications with a prosecuting attorney or other attorney representing the department, or the attorney's representatives, in a proceeding under this subtitle.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 18(a), eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Fam Code § 264.168 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. -1. Community-Based Care|Section 264.168. Review of Contractor Recommendations by Department

Sec. 264.168.  REVIEW OF CONTRACTOR RECOMMENDATIONS BY DEPARTMENT.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter governing the transfer of case management authority to a single source continuum contractor, the department may review, approve, or disapprove a contractor's recommendation with respect to a child's permanency goal.(b)  Subsection (a) may not be construed to limit or restrict the authority of the department to include necessary oversight measures and review processes to maintain compliance with federal and state requirements in a contract with a single source continuum contractor.(c)  The department shall develop an internal dispute resolution process to decide disagreements between a single source continuum contractor and the department.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 18(a), eff. September 1, 2017.|For expiration of this section, see Subsection (f).
TX Fam Code § 264.170 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. -1. Community-Based Care|Section 264.170. Limited Liability for Single Source Continuum Contractor and Related Personnel

Sec. 264.170.  LIMITED LIABILITY FOR SINGLE SOURCE CONTINUUM CONTRACTOR AND RELATED PERSONNEL.  (a)  A nonprofit entity that contracts with the department to provide services as a single source continuum contractor under this subchapter is considered to be a charitable organization for the purposes of Chapter 84, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, with respect to the provision of those services, and that chapter applies to the entity and any person who is an employee or volunteer of the entity.(b)  The limitations on liability provided by this section apply:(1)  only to an act or omission by the entity or person, as applicable, that occurs while the entity or person is acting within the course and scope of the entity's contract with the department and the person's duties for the entity; and(2)  only if insurance coverage in the minimum amounts required by Chapter 84, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is in force and effect at the time a cause of action for personal injury, death, or property damage accrues.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 7.006(a), eff. September 1, 2019.|