Bill Text: TX HB262 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to medical examinations for certain children entering the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-13 - Filed [HB262 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB262-Introduced.html
| By: Hull | H.B. No. 262 | |
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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. | ||
