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