Bill Text: TX HB1671 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to child support funds recovered by the Title IV-D agency on behalf of a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-01 - No action taken in committee [HB1671 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1671-Introduced.html
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By: Giddings | H.B. No. 1671 |
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relating to child support funds recovered by the Title IV-D agency | ||
on behalf of a child in the conservatorship of the Department of | ||
Family and Protective Services. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 231.010, Family Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 231.010. COOPERATION WITH DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND | ||
PROTECTIVE [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 231.010, Family Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) In this section, "department" means the Department of | ||
Family and Protective [ |
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(c) The Title IV-D agency shall work with the department to | ||
identify the amount of child support paid by the parent of a child | ||
in the conservatorship of the department that exceeds the amount of | ||
the foster care maintenance payment paid by the department for the | ||
child. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 264.109, Family Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(c) The department and the Title IV-D agency shall execute a | ||
memorandum of understanding for the implementation of the | ||
provisions of this section and for the allocation to [ |
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department [ |
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regulations, of any child support funds recovered by the Title IV-D | ||
agency in substitute care cases to reimburse the department for the | ||
cost of foster care maintenance payments. All child support funds | ||
recovered under this section and retained by the department [ |
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resulting from child support collection efforts in substitute care | ||
cases shall be in excess of amounts otherwise appropriated to | ||
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legislature. | ||
(d) If the amount of child support funds recovered by the | ||
Title IV-D agency and allocated to the department for a child in the | ||
conservatorship of the department exceeds the amount of the foster | ||
care maintenance payment paid by the department for the child, the | ||
department shall use the excess amount of child support in the | ||
manner it determines will serve the best interests of the child. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |