H.B. No. 932
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the collection of information concerning the number of
  juvenile offenders committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice
  Department who have been in foster care.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 243, Human Resources Code,
  is amended by adding Section 243.008 to read as follows:
         Sec. 243.008.  INFORMATION CONCERNING FOSTER CARE HISTORY.
  (a) In this section, "foster care" means the placement of a child
  in the conservatorship of a state agency responsible for providing
  child protective services.
         (b)  The department, during the admission process, shall
  determine whether a child committed to the department has at any
  time been in foster care. The department shall record the following
  on the child's intake form:
               (1)  whether the child is currently in foster care; and
               (2)  if applicable, the number of times the child has
  previously been placed in foster care.
         (c)  The Department of Family and Protective Services shall,
  not later than the 14th day after receiving a request from a local
  juvenile probation department, provide the following information
  regarding a child in the custody of the probation department:
               (1)  whether the child is currently or has been in
  foster care; and
               (2)  if applicable, the number of times the child has
  previously been placed in foster care.
         (d)  The department, the Department of Family and Protective
  Services, and local juvenile probation departments shall
  collaborate to create a method or methods by which probation
  departments statewide may access information from the Department of
  Family and Protective Services relating to a child's placement in
  foster care. Not later than March 1, 2018, the department shall
  submit a report containing the method or methods created under this
  subsection to each member of the legislature and each standing
  committee of the legislature having primary jurisdiction over the
  department. This subsection expires April 1, 2018.
         (e
  )  Not later than January 31 of each even-numbered year,
  the department shall submit a report to the governor, the
  lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,
  and each standing committee having primary jurisdiction over the
  department. The report must summarize statistical information
  concerning the total number and percentage of children in the
  custody of the department during the preceding two years who have at
  any time been in foster care.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 932 was passed by the House on April
  20, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 2, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 932 on May 20, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 134, Nays 0, 2
  present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 932 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 17, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor