Bill Text: TX SB1333 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to duties of the Department of Family and Protective Services to provide training regarding trauma-informed programs and services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1333 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1333-Introduced.html
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By: West | S.B. No. 1333 |
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relating to duties of the Department of Family and Protective | ||
Services to provide training regarding trauma-informed programs | ||
and services. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 264.015, Family Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) The commissioner of the department shall adopt rules | ||
necessary to implement this section, including definitions of | ||
"trauma" and "trauma-informed care," using a negotiated rulemaking | ||
process under Chapter 2008, Government Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2019, the | ||
commissioner of the Department of Family and Protective Services | ||
shall adopt rules in accordance with Section 264.015(d), Family | ||
Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |