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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring post-placement review and reporting for |
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child-placing agencies providing international adoption services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.042, Human Resources Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (h-2) to read as follows: |
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(h-2) The minimum standards for the regulation of |
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child-placing agencies licensed by the commission that provide |
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international adoption services must require that, for a child |
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adopted in a foreign country, the child-placing agency: |
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(1) conduct a post-placement review; and |
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(2) prepare at least two post-placement adoptive |
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reports. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |