85R8111 MM-D     By: Uresti S.B. No. 687       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the collection and use of certain information relating   to child abuse and neglect and the provision of prevention and early   intervention services.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 265, Family Code, is   amended by adding Sections 265.0041, 265.0043, and 265.0044 to read   as follows:          Sec. 265.0041.  GEOGRAPHIC RISK MAPPING FOR PREVENTION AND   EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES. (a)  The department shall use   existing risk terrain modeling systems, predictive analytic   systems, or geographic risk assessments or shall develop a system   or assessment under Subsection (c) to:                (1)  identify geographic areas that have high risk   indicators of child maltreatment and child fatalities resulting   from abuse or neglect; and                (2)  target the implementation and use of prevention   and early intervention services to those geographic areas.          (b)  The department may not use data gathered under this   section to identify a specific family or individual.          (c)  The Health and Human Services Commission, on behalf of   the department, may enter into agreements with institutions of   higher education to develop or adapt, in coordination with the   department, a risk terrain modeling system, a predictive analytic   system, or a geographic risk assessment to be used for purposes of   this section.          Sec. 265.0043.  INTERAGENCY SHARING OF DATA FOR RISK TERRAIN   MODELING.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, state   agencies, including the Texas Education Agency, the Texas Juvenile   Justice Department, and the Department of Public Safety, shall   disclose information related to child abuse or neglect to the   department for the purpose of developing a risk terrain modeling   system under Section 265.0041.          Sec. 265.0044.  ETHICAL GUIDELINES.  (a)  The executive   commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission, in   consultation with the prevention advisory committee, shall develop   guidelines regarding:                (1)  the type of risk terrain modeling data to be   collected by the department and the acceptable uses of the data;                (2)  the types of data that may be shared; and                (3)  the methods for sharing the data and final   geographic risk maps.          (b)  In developing the guidelines required under Subsection   (a), the executive commissioner shall consider whether the   department plans to make any data the department collects   available:                (1)  for use in research that has been approved by an   institutional review board; or                (2)  to researchers who are working in collaboration   with an institution of higher education.           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.