SAN ANTONIO -- A legislative report soon to be released reportedly will call for "sweeping and systemic" changes in how the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services operates.

As chairman of the state House Human Services Committee, state Rep. Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio, ordered the comprehensive investigation after a series of deaths of children under the supervision of Child Protective Services.

Uresti told WOAI Radio in San Antonio that among the sweeping changes will be in how caseworkers are trained. It also calls for dramatic funding increases for the Department of Family and Protective Services, higher pay for caseworkers and reduced caseloads for individual caseworkers.

The report could be released as soon as Thursday, Uresti said. Last month, he filed legislation calling for a $1-a-pack increase in the state cigarette tax to pay for CPS improvements, but even that won't be enough to meet the changes needed, Uresti said.