By: King of Taylor, Miller of Comal	H.B. No. 1396
	(Senate Sponsor - Nelson)
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2013;
	May 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
	and Human Services; May 15, 2013, reported favorably by the
	following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 15, 2013, sent to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a study on alcohol and controlled substance statistics
	prepared by the Department of Family and Protective Services and
	the Department of State Health Services.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  (a)  The Department of Family and Protective
	Services and the Department of State Health Services, using
	existing resources, shall conduct a study on alcohol and controlled
	substance statistics. The study must:
	(1)  determine whether either state agency currently
	compiles information on:
	(A)  the number of children reported to the
	department who at birth tested positive for the presence of alcohol
	or a controlled substance;
	(B)  the controlled substances for which the
	children described by Paragraph (A) of this subdivision tested
	positive;
	(C)  the number of children described by Paragraph
	(A) of this subdivision who were removed from their homes and have
	been diagnosed as having a disability or chronic medical condition
	resulting from the presence of alcohol or controlled substances;
	and
	(D)  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;
	and
	(2)  if neither agency compiles the information
	described by Subdivision (1) of this subsection:
	(A)  determine which agency can compile the
	information described by Subdivision (1) of this subsection most
	effectively and at the lowest cost; and
	(B)  estimate the cost to that agency of compiling
	the information, preparing a report on the information, posting a
	copy of the report on the agency's Internet website, and
	electronically submitting to the legislature a copy of the report.
	(b)  Not later than November 1, 2014, the Department of
	Family and Protective Services and the Department of State Health
	Services shall electronically submit a copy of the study prepared
	under Subsection (a) of this section to the governor, lieutenant
	governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and presiding
	officer of each standing legislative committee with jurisdiction
	over those departments.
	(c)  This section expires September 1, 2015.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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