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TX Hum Res Code § 40.034 (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 B. Administrative Provisions|Section 40.034. Prohibited Activities by Former Officers or Employees

Sec. 40.034.  PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES BY FORMER OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES.  (a)  For one year after the date on which a former officer or employee of the department terminates service or employment with the department, the individual may not, directly or indirectly, attempt or aid in the attempt to procure a contract with the department that relates to a program or service in which the individual was directly concerned or for which the individual had administrative responsibility.(b)  This section does not apply to:(1)  a former employee who is compensated on the last date of service or employment below the amount prescribed by the General Appropriations Act for step 1, salary group 17, of the position classification salary schedule, including a state employee who is exempt from the state's position classification plan;  or(2)  a former officer or employee who is employed by another state agency or a community center.(c)  A former officer or employee of the department commits an offense if the former officer or employee violates this section.  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 920, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Hum Res Code § 40.037 (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 B. Administrative Provisions|Section 40.037. Training Program for Child Protective Services Managers

Sec. 40.037.  TRAINING PROGRAM FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES MANAGERS.  (a)  The department shall develop and implement a training program that each employee who is newly hired or promoted to a management position in the child protective services division must complete as soon as is practicable, but not later than the 60th day after the date the employee is hired or promoted to the management position.(b)  Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 , Sec. 86(48), eff. September 1, 2015.(c)  Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 , Sec. 86(48), eff. September 1, 2015.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 445 (S.B. 771), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 206), Sec. 71, eff. September 1, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 206), Sec. 86(48), eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Hum Res Code § 40.038 (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 B. Administrative Provisions|Section 40.038. Secondary Trauma Support for Caseworkers

Sec. 40.038.  SECONDARY TRAUMA SUPPORT FOR CASEWORKERS.  (a)  In this section, "secondary trauma" means trauma incurred as a consequence of a person's exposure to acute or chronic trauma.(b)  The department shall develop and make available a program to provide ongoing support to caseworkers who experience secondary trauma resulting from exposure to trauma in the course of the caseworker's employment.  The program must include critical incident stress debriefing.  The department may not require that a caseworker participate in the program.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 822 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Hum Res Code § 40.039 (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 B. Administrative Provisions|Section 40.039. Review of Records Retention Policy

Sec. 40.039.  REVIEW OF RECORDS RETENTION POLICY.  The department shall periodically review the department's records retention policy with respect to case and intake records relating to department functions.  The department shall make changes to the policy consistent with the records retention schedule submitted under Section 441.185, Government Code, that are necessary to improve case prioritization and the routing of cases to the appropriate division of the department.  The department may adopt rules necessary to implement this section.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 26(a), eff. September 1, 2017.Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 249), Sec. 8(a), eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Hum Res Code § 40.040 (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 B. Administrative Provisions|Section 40.040. Case Management Vendor Quality Oversight and Assurance Division; Monitoring of Contract Adherence

Sec. 40.040.  CASE MANAGEMENT VENDOR QUALITY OVERSIGHT AND ASSURANCE DIVISION; MONITORING OF CONTRACT ADHERENCE.  (a)  In this section, "case management," "catchment area," and "community-based care" have the meanings assigned by Section 264.152, Family Code.(b)  The department shall create within the department the case management services vendor quality oversight and assurance division.  The division shall:(1)  oversee quality and ensure accountability of any vendor that provides community-based care and full case management services for the department under community-based care;(2)  conduct assessments on the fiscal and qualitative performance of any vendor that provides foster care services for the department under community-based care;(3)  create and administer a dispute resolution process to resolve conflicts between vendors that contract with the department to provide foster care services under community-based care and any subcontractor of a vendor; and(4)  monitor the transfer from the department to a vendor of full case management services for children and families receiving services from the vendor, including any transfer occurring under a pilot program.(c)  The commission shall contract with an outside vendor with expertise in quality assurance to develop, in coordination with the department, a contract monitoring system and standards for the continuous monitoring of the adherence of a vendor providing foster care services under community-based care to the terms of the contract entered into by the vendor and the commission.  The standards must include performance benchmarks relating to the provision of case management services in the catchment area where the vendor operates.(d)  The division shall collect and analyze data comparing outcomes on performance measures between catchment areas where community-based care has been implemented and regions where community-based care has not been implemented.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 26(a), eff. September 1, 2017.Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 249), Sec. 8(a), eff. September 1, 2017.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 10.001, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Hum Res Code § 40.041 (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 B. Administrative Provisions|Section 40.041. Office of Data Analytics

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.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 26(a), eff. September 1, 2017.Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 552 (S.B. 497), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 249), Sec. 8(a), eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Hum Res Code § 40.042 (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 B. Administrative Provisions|Section 40.042. Investigations of Child Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation

Sec. 40.042.  INVESTIGATIONS OF CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION.  (a)  In this section, "child-care facility" includes a facility, licensed or unlicensed child-care facility, family home, residential child-care facility, employer-based day-care facility, or shelter day-care facility, as those terms are defined in Chapter 42.(b)  For all investigations of child abuse, neglect, or exploitation conducted by the child protective services division of the department, the department shall adopt the definitions of abuse, neglect, and exploitation provided in Section 261.001, Family Code.(c)  The department shall establish standardized policies to be used during investigations. Text of subsection as added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 249), Sec. 8 (d)  The commissioner shall establish units within the child protective services division of the department to specialize in investigating allegations of child abuse, neglect, or exploitation occurring at a child-care facility. Text of subsection as added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 26 (d)  The commissioner shall establish units within the child protective services division of the department to specialize in investigating allegations of child abuse, neglect, and exploitation occurring at a child-care facility.(e)  The department may require that investigators who specialize in allegations of child abuse, neglect, and exploitation occurring at child-care facilities receive ongoing training on the minimum licensing standards for any facilities that are applicable to the investigator's specialization.(f)  After an investigation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation occurring at a child-care facility, the department shall provide the state agency responsible for regulating the facility with access to any information relating to the department's investigation.  Providing access to confidential information under this subsection does not constitute a waiver of confidentiality. Text of subsection as added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 249), Sec. 8 (g)  The executive commissioner or the commissioner of the department, as appropriate, may adopt rules to implement this section. Text of subsection as added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 26 (g)  The department may adopt rules to implement this section.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 26(a), eff. September 1, 2017.Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 249), Sec. 8(a), eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Hum Res Code § 40.043 (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 B. Administrative Provisions|Section 40.043. Child Safety and Runaway Prevention Procedures

Sec. 40.043.  CHILD SAFETY AND RUNAWAY PREVENTION PROCEDURES.  The commissioner by rule shall establish the department's strategy to:(1)  develop trauma-informed protocols for reducing the number of incidents in which a child in the conservatorship of the department runs away from a residential treatment center; and(2)  balance measures aimed at protecting child safety with federal and state requirements related to normalcy and decision making under the reasonable and prudent parent standard prescribed by 42 U.S.C. Section 675 and Sections 264.001 and 264.125, Family Code.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 394 (S.B. 781), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Hum Res Code § 40.0505 (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 40.0505. Divisions of Department

Sec. 40.0505.  DIVISIONS OF DEPARTMENT.  (a)  The commissioner shall establish the following divisions and offices within the department:(1)  an investigations division;(2)  a consolidated data division;(3)  a legal division that oversees the following:(A)  legal matters relating to human resources, as necessary to manage the department's workforce and establish the department's hiring and termination policies;(B)  open records;(C)  privacy and confidentiality;(D)  litigation; and(E)  contract compliance;(4)  an operations division that oversees department operations and human resources functions of the department; and(5)  a financial management and accounting services division.(b)  The commissioner may establish additional divisions within the department as the commissioner determines appropriate.(c)  The commissioner may assign department functions among the department's divisions.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1460, Sec. 2.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.196, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 316 (H.B. 5), Sec. 32, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Hum Res Code § 40.051 (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 40.051. Strategic Plan for Department

Sec. 40.051.  STRATEGIC PLAN FOR DEPARTMENT.  The department shall develop a departmental strategic plan based on the goals and priorities stated in the commission's coordinated strategic plan for health and human services.  The department shall also develop its plan based on:(1)  furthering the policy of family preservation;(2)  the goal of ending the abuse and neglect of children in the conservatorship of the department; and(3)  the goal of increasing the capacity and availability of foster, relative, and kinship placements in this state.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 920, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1022, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 249), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Hum Res Code § 40.0512 (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 40.0512. Continuity of Services; Information Sharing

Sec. 40.0512.  CONTINUITY OF SERVICES; INFORMATION SHARING.  The department shall make a good faith effort to share relevant and appropriate information with health and human services agencies regarding persons receiving services from the department to ensure continuity of care and the best possible coordination of state-funded resources among health and human services agencies.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 316 (H.B. 5), Sec. 33, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Hum Res Code § 40.0521 (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 40.0521. Rules Regarding Domestic Violence

Sec. 40.0521.  RULES REGARDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.  (a)  The executive commissioner shall adopt and the department shall implement rules that require an investigating employee to document indications of domestic violence, including elder, spousal, and child abuse.  The department may develop forms to facilitate the documentation process.(b)  The executive commissioner by rule shall require that written information, printed in English and Spanish, concerning community services that are available to victims of domestic violence be distributed to those victims.  The department may coordinate its efforts under this subsection with local law enforcement agencies already providing that information.(c)  The department shall include in its annual report statistical compilations of information regarding domestic abuse documented under Subsection (a).|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 21.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.198, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Hum Res Code § 40.0522 (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 40.0522. Community Education and Training Relating to Child Abuse or Neglect

Sec. 40.0522.  COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND TRAINING RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT.  (a)  The department shall assure the availability of community education programs designed to improve participation of the general public in preventing, identifying, and treating cases of child abuse or neglect, including parent education programs.(b)  The department shall assure that training concerning child abuse or neglect is available to professionals who are required by law to report, investigate, or litigate those cases.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1022, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Hum Res Code § 40.0524 (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 40.0524. Multidisciplinary Teams

Sec. 40.0524.  MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS.  (a)  In a jurisdiction for which a children's advocacy center has not been established under Section 264.402, Family Code, the department shall, to the extent possible, establish multidisciplinary teams to provide services relating to a report of child abuse or neglect.  A multidisciplinary team shall include professionals in parent education and in each professional discipline necessary to provide comprehensive medical and psychological services to a child who is the subject of a report and to members of the child's household.(b)  Members of a multidisciplinary team may exchange information relating to a report of child abuse or neglect as necessary to facilitate a thorough investigation of the report.  The executive commissioner may adopt rules governing the exchange of information between team members.(c)  A multidisciplinary team established under this section shall coordinate services provided by the department to a child and to members of the child's household with services available from other sources, including public and private agencies in the community.  The goal of the multidisciplinary team is to provide the greatest range of services possible without duplication of effort.(d)  Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 , Sec. 86(51), eff. September 1, 2015.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1022, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Renumbered from Human Resources Code Sec. 40.0523 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 157, Sec. 1.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.200, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 206), Sec. 72, eff. September 1, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 206), Sec. 86(51), eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Hum Res Code § 40.0526 (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 40.0526. Building Community Partnerships to Support Children and Families

Sec. 40.0526.  BUILDING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.  (a)  The department shall develop a statewide strategy to build alliances and networks at the local level that support the detection and treatment of child abuse and neglect and enhance the coordination and delivery of services to children and families.(b)  The strategy must include plans to:(1)  move staff from centralized office sites into community-based settings to the greatest extent feasible; and(2)  enter into agreements for the establishment or development of joint offices or workplaces with local officials and organizations, including:(A)  children's advocacy centers;(B)  law enforcement officials;(C)  prosecutors;(D)  health care providers; and(E)  domestic violence shelters.(c)  The department may employ specialized staff, to the extent that funds are appropriated for that purpose, to serve as:(1)  local legal liaisons who support the prosecution in each region of legal cases through the judicial system by improving coordination and cooperation in case consultation and preparation of cases for court; and(2)  local community initiative specialists in each region who focus on building community alliances and networks.(d)  An agreement made in accordance with this section for the joint location of department personnel with other local officials or organizations is not subject to Chapter 2167, Government Code.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 268 (S.B. 6), Sec. 1.86, eff. September 1, 2005.|