Bill Text: TX HB103 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to medical examinations for certain children entering the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-09-23 - Filed [HB103 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB103-Introduced.html
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By: Hull | H.B. No. 103 |
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relating to medical examinations for certain children entering the | ||
conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective | ||
Services. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 264.1076, Family Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (i) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b-1) Only children described by Subsections (b)(1) and (2) | ||
may receive an initial medical examination under Subsection (b). | ||
(i) Not later than December 31, 2022 [ |
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shall submit a report to the standing committees of the house of | ||
representatives and the senate with primary jurisdiction over child | ||
protective services and foster care evaluating the statewide | ||
implementation of the medical examination required by this section. | ||
The report must include for each region of the state: | ||
(1) the level of compliance with the requirements of | ||
this section; and | ||
(2) the number of medical examinations conducted under | ||
Subsection (b) and the reason for each medical examination [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 264.1076(b-1), Family Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies only to a child who enters the conservatorship of | ||
the Department of Family and Protective Services on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. A child who enters the conservatorship | ||
of the Department of Family and Protective Services before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
date the child entered the conservatorship of the department, and | ||
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
last day of the legislative session. |