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Amend CSSB 103 (House committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and
renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter A, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.016 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.016. EQUAL ACCESS TO FACILITIES, SERVICES, AND
TREATMENT. (a) The commission, the Texas Youth Commission, and the
Texas Juvenile Probation Commission shall periodically review,
document, and compare the accessibility and funding of facilities,
services, and treatment provided to females under 18 years of age to
the accessibility and funding of facilities, services, and
treatment provided to males in the same age group.
(b) The commission shall coordinate the review,
documentation, and comparison required by Subsection (a).
(c) The areas of review required by Subsection (a) must
include:
(1) the nature, extent, and effectiveness of services
offered for females under 18 years of age within the areas of teen
pregnancy, physical and sexual abuse, and alcohol and drug abuse,
services for runaway and homeless females, and services for females
involved in gangs or other delinquent activity; and
(2) the equity of services offered to persons under 18
years of age with respect to gender within the areas of physical and
sexual abuse, alcohol and drug abuse, and services offered to
runaway and homeless youth.
(d) Each health and human services agency or other state
agency that provides facilities, services, treatment, or funding
subject to the review required by Subsection (a) shall identify
existing differences within the agency in the allocation and
expenditures of money and services for males under 18 years of age
in comparison to females in the same age group. Each agency shall
submit a report to the commission describing any differences
identified.
(e) Each agency described by Subsection (d) shall:
(1) develop a plan to address any lack of services for
females under 18 years of age reported by the agency; and
(2) submit a report to the commission on the progress
made under the plan.
(f) The commission shall assemble the agency reports
submitted under Subsection (d) and (e) and prepare an executive
summary to be delivered to the members of the legislature not later
than July 1 of each even-numbered year.
(g) This section expires September 1, 2011.
SECTION ____. The Health and Human Services Commission, the
Texas Youth Commission, and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission
shall jointly establish a timetable for the submission of agency
reports required by Section 531.016, Government Code, as added by
this Act, as soon as practicable after the effective date of this
Act.