Bill Text: TX HB2704 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to service plans in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Referred to Human Services [HB2704 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2704-Introduced.html
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| By: Campos | H.B. No. 2704 | |
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| relating to service plans in a suit affecting the parent-child | ||
| relationship. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 263.101, Family Code, is amended to read | ||
| as follows: | ||
| Sec. 263.101. DEPARTMENT TO FILE SERVICE PLAN. Except as | ||
| provided by Section 262.2015, not later than the 30th [ |
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| after the date the court renders a temporary order appointing the | ||
| department as temporary managing conservator of a child under | ||
| Chapter 262, the department shall file a service plan. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 263.102, Family Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsections (a) and (f) and adding Subsection (a-1) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) The service plan must: | ||
| (1) be specific; | ||
| (2) be in writing in a language that the parents | ||
| understand, or made otherwise available; | ||
| (3) be prepared by the department in conference with | ||
| the child's parents and any legal counsel retained by the child's | ||
| parents; | ||
| (4) state appropriate deadlines; | ||
| (5) specify the primary permanency goal and at least | ||
| one alternative permanency goal; | ||
| (6) state steps that are necessary to: | ||
| (A) return the child to the child's home if the | ||
| placement is in foster care; | ||
| (B) enable the child to remain in the child's | ||
| home with the assistance of a service plan if the placement is in | ||
| the home under the department's supervision; or | ||
| (C) otherwise provide a permanent safe placement | ||
| for the child; | ||
| (7) state the actions and responsibilities that are | ||
| necessary for the child's parents to take to achieve the plan goal | ||
| during the period of the service plan and the assistance to be | ||
| provided to the parents by the department or other agency toward | ||
| meeting that goal; | ||
| (8) state any specific skills or knowledge that the | ||
| child's parents must acquire or learn, as well as any behavioral | ||
| changes the parents must exhibit, to achieve the plan goal; | ||
| (9) state the actions and responsibilities that are | ||
| necessary for the child's parents to take to ensure that the child | ||
| attends school and maintains or improves the child's academic | ||
| compliance; | ||
| (10) state the name of the person with the department | ||
| whom the child's parents may contact for information relating to | ||
| the child if other than the person preparing the plan; and | ||
| (11) prescribe any other term or condition that the | ||
| department determines to be necessary to the service plan's | ||
| success. | ||
| (a-1) Any actions, responsibilities, skills, or knowledge | ||
| under Subsection (a)(7) or (8) must directly relate to the reason | ||
| the child was removed from the child's home. | ||
| (f) The department shall consult with relevant | ||
| professionals to determine the skills or knowledge that the parents | ||
| of a child under two years of age should learn or acquire to provide | ||
| a safe placement for the child. The skills or knowledge must | ||
| directly relate to the reason the child was removed from the child's | ||
| home. The department shall incorporate those skills and abilities | ||
| into the department's service plans, as appropriate. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
