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
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	Governor