85R10981 JG-F     By: White H.B. No. 4228       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a memorandum of understanding between certain state   agencies related to training of employees and contractors who   provide certain services to children and families.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 533.0415(a), (d), and (e), Health and   Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:          (a)  The executive commissioner, the Texas Juvenile Justice   Department, and the Texas Education Agency by rule shall adopt a   joint memorandum of understanding to develop interagency training   for individuals employed or contracted by [the staffs of] the   department, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, the Department   of Family and Protective Services, and the Texas Education Agency   who are involved in the functions of assessment, case planning,   case management, and in-home or direct delivery of services to   children, youth, and their families under this title. The   memorandum must:                (1)  outline the responsibility of each agency in   coordinating, [and] developing, and implementing a plan for   interagency training on effective [individualized] assessment,   [and effective] intervention, and treatment services that are   individualized and provided in the least restrictive environment   appropriate for children and [dysfunctional] families; [and]                (2)  identify the available training programs   administered by the state agencies identified by this subsection   and the eligibility requirements for those programs; and                (3)  provide for the establishment of an interagency   work group [task force] to identify:                      (A)  common training needs for individuals   employed or contracted by the state agencies identified by this   subsection [develop a training program to include identified   competencies, content, and hours for completion of the training   with at least 20 hours of training required each year until the   program is completed]; and                      (B)  existing training and technical assistance   resources, including web-based resources, available across the   state agencies identified by this subsection that can be used to the   greatest extent possible for the implementation of the plan   described by Subdivision (1) [design a plan for implementing the   program, including regional site selection, frequency of training,   and selection of experienced clinical public and private   professionals or consultants to lead the training; and                      [(C)     monitor, evaluate, and revise the training   program, including the development of additional curricula based on   future training needs identified by staff and professionals].          (d)  The appropriate division of the commission designated   by the commission shall act as the lead state agency in coordinating   the development and implementation of the memorandum.          (e)  The executive commissioner and the state agencies   identified by Subsection (a) shall review and by rule revise the   memorandum not later than August of each odd-numbered year.          SECTION 2.  Sections 533.0415(b) and (c), Health and Safety   Code, are repealed.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.