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H.B. No. 1549
1 Sec. 265.008. EVALUATION OF PREVENTION AND EARLY
2 INTERVENTION SERVICES. (a) The department may enter into
3 agreements with institutions of higher education to conduct
4 efficacy reviews of any prevention and early intervention services
5 provided under this chapter that have not previously been evaluated
6 for effectiveness in a research evaluation. The efficacy review
7 shall include, when possible, a cost-benefit analysis of the
8 program to the state and, when applicable, the return on investment
9 of the program to the state.
10 (b) The department may not enter into an agreement to
11 conduct a program efficacy evaluation under this section unless:
12 (1) the agreement with the institution of higher
13 education is cost neutral; and
14 (2) the department and institution of higher education
15 conducting the evaluation under this section protect the identity
16 of individuals who are receiving services from the department that
17 are being evaluated.
18 SECTION 15. Subchapter B, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code,
19 is amended by adding Section 40.038 to read as follows:
20 Sec. 40.038. SECONDARY TRAUMA SUPPORT FOR CASEWORKERS. (a)
21 In this section, "secondary trauma" means trauma incurred as a
22 consequence of a person's exposure to acute or chronic trauma.
23 (b) The department shall develop and make available a
24 program to provide ongoing support to caseworkers who experience
25 secondary trauma resulting from exposure to trauma in the course of
26 the caseworker's employment. The program must include critical
27 incident stress debriefing. The department may not require that a14
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1549, Chapter 822, legislative document, June 15, 2017; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1049662/m1/14/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.