83R5749 YDB-D
	By: King of Taylor	H.B. No. 1396

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to alcohol and controlled substance statistics compiled
	and reported by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 261.004, Family Code, is amended by
	amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
	read as follows:
	(a)  The department shall prepare and disseminate statistics
	by county relating to the department's activities under this
	subtitle and include the information specified in Subsections
	[Subsection] (b) and (b-1) in an annual report available to the
	public.
	(b-1)  In addition to the information reported under
	Subsection (b), the department annually shall report the following
	information:
	(1)  the number of children reported to the department
	who were born addicted to alcohol or a controlled substance;
	(2)  the controlled substances to which the children
	described by Subdivision (1) were addicted;
	(3)  the number of children born addicted to alcohol or
	a controlled substance who were removed from their homes and have
	been diagnosed as having a disability or chronic medical condition
	resulting from the addiction; and
	(4)  the number of parents who test positive for the
	presence of a controlled substance during a department
	investigation of a report of abuse or neglect of the parent's child.
	(c)  The department shall compile the information specified
	in Subsections [Subsection] (b) and (b-1) for the preceding year in
	a report to be submitted to the legislature and the general public
	not later than February 1 of each year. The department must post the
	information specified in Subsection (b-1) on the department's
	Internet website.
	SECTION 2.  Section 261.004, Family Code, as amended by this
	Act, applies to information collected by the Department of Family
	and Protective Services on and after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.