PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR CERTAIN SERVICE PROVIDER CONTRACTS

(a)The commission, in collaboration with the department,…#

(a) The commission, in collaboration with the department, shall contract with a vendor or enter into an agreement with an institution of higher education to develop, in coordination with the department, performance quality metrics for family-based safety services and post-adoption support services providers. The quality metrics must be included in each contract with those providers.

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PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR CERTAIN SERVICE PROVIDER CONTRACTS

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(a)The commission, in collaboration with the department,…#

(a) The commission, in collaboration with the department, shall contract with a vendor or enter into an agreement with an institution of higher education to develop, in coordination with the department, performance quality metrics for family-based safety services and post-adoption support services providers. The quality metrics must be included in each contract with those providers.

(b)Each provider whose contract with the commission to…#

(b) Each provider whose contract with the commission to provide department services includes the quality metrics developed under Subsection (a) must prepare and submit to the department a report each calendar quarter regarding the provider's performance based on the quality metrics.

(c)The commissioner shall compile a summary of all reports…#

(c) The commissioner shall compile a summary of all reports prepared and submitted to the department by family-based safety services providers as required by Subsection (b) and distribute the summary to appropriate family-based safety services caseworkers and child protective services region management once each calendar quarter.

(d)The commissioner shall compile a summary of all reports…#

(d) The commissioner shall compile a summary of all reports prepared and submitted to the department by post-adoption support services providers as required by Subsection (b) and distribute the summary to appropriate conservatorship and adoption caseworkers and child protective services region management.

(e)The department shall make the summaries prepared under…#

(e) The department shall make the summaries prepared under Subsections (c) and (d) available to families that are receiving family-based safety services and to adoptive families.

(f)Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 621 (S.B.…#

(f) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 621 (S.B. 1896 ), Sec. 26(3), eff. June 14, 2021. Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11 ), Sec. 28(a), eff. September 1, 2017. Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 249 ), Sec. 11(a), eff. September 1, 2017. Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170 ), Sec. 10.002, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 621 (S.B. 1896 ), Sec. 26(3), eff. June 14, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 858 (S.B. 910 ), Sec. 2(2), eff. June 16, 2021.