Bill Text: TX HB2707 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the temporary emergency care of children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Referred to Human Services [HB2707 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2707-Introduced.html
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By: Campos | H.B. No. 2707 |
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relating to the temporary emergency care of children in the | ||
conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective | ||
Services. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 264.107, Family Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (g) and adding Subsection (h) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(g) If the department or single source continuum contractor | ||
is unable to find an appropriate placement for a child, an employee | ||
of the department or contractor who has on file with the department | ||
or contractor, as applicable, a background and criminal history | ||
check may provide temporary emergency care for the child. The | ||
employee may not provide emergency care under this subsection in | ||
the employee's residence. The department or contractor shall | ||
provide notice to the court for a child placed in temporary care | ||
under this subsection not later than the next [ |
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the date the child is placed in temporary care. | ||
(h) The department may enter into a residential lease | ||
contract for the purpose of providing temporary emergency care | ||
under Subsection (g). Placement of a child in a residence under | ||
this subsection is not a substitute for an appropriate placement | ||
and the department or single source continuum contractor shall | ||
continue to make best efforts to find an appropriate placement for | ||
the child. The department shall maintain a database of leased | ||
residences available for the provision of temporary emergency care. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 264.1071, Family Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 264.1071. OFFICE AND HOTEL STAYS PROHIBITED. (a) In | ||
this section, "hotel" means a building in which members of the | ||
public obtain temporary lodging for a fee. The term includes a | ||
motel. | ||
(b) The department may not allow a child under temporary | ||
emergency care to stay overnight in a department office or hotel. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this | ||
section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
(b) The changes in law made by this Act to Section 264.1071, | ||
Family Code, take effect March 1, 2024. |