(a) For each of the local permanency planning sites, the commission shall develop a reporting system under which each appropriate health and human services agency responsible for permanency planning under this subchapter is required to semiannually provide to the commission:
(1) the number of permanency plans the agency develops for children residing in institutions or children at risk of being placed in institutions;
(2) progress achieved in implementing permanency plans;
(3) the number of children the agency serves residing in institutions;
(4) the number of children the agency serves at risk of being placed in an institution served by the local permanency planning sites;
(5) the number of children the agency serves reunited with their families or placed with alternate permanent families; and
(6) cost data related to developing and implementing permanency plans.
(b) The executive commissioner shall submit to the governor and the committees of the senate and the house of representatives having primary jurisdiction over health and human services agencies a semiannual report on:
(1) the number of children residing in institutions in this state and the number of those children for whom a recommendation has been made for a transition to a community-based residence but who have not yet made that transition;
(2) the circumstances of each child described by Subdivision (1), including the type of institution and name of the institution in which the child resides, the child’s age, the residence of the child’s parents or guardians, and the length of time during which the child has resided in the institution;
(3) the number of permanency plans developed for children residing in institutions in this state, progress achieved in implementing those plans, and barriers to implementing those plans;
(4) the number of children who previously resided in an institution in this state and have made the transition to a community-based residence;
(5) the number of children who previously resided in an institution in this state and have been reunited with their families or placed with alternate families;
(6) the community supports that resulted in the successful placement of children described by Subdivision (5) with alternate families; and
(7) the community supports that are unavailable but necessary to address the needs of children who continue to reside in an institution in this state after being recommended to make a transition from the institution to an alternate family or community-based residence.

Text of section effective on April 01, 2025