Bill Text: TX HB2737 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to judicial guidance related to child protective services cases and juvenile cases.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2737 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2737-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2737 |
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relating to judicial guidance related to child protective services | ||
cases and juvenile cases. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 22.0135 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 22.0135. JUDICIAL GUIDANCE RELATED TO CHILD PROTECTIVE | ||
SERVICES CASES AND JUVENILE CASES. (a) The supreme court, in | ||
conjunction with the Supreme Court of Texas Permanent Judicial | ||
Commission for Children, Youth and Families, annually shall provide | ||
guidance to judges who preside over child protective services cases | ||
or juvenile cases to es | ||
tablish greater uniformity across the state | ||
for: | ||
(1) in child protective services cases, issues related | ||
to: | ||
(A) placement of children with severe mental | ||
health issues; | ||
(B) changes in placement; and | ||
(C) final termination of parental rights; and | ||
(2) in juvenile cases, issues related to: | ||
(A) placement of children with severe mental | ||
health issues; | ||
(B) the release of children detained in juvenile | ||
detention facilities; | ||
(C) certification of juveniles to stand trial as | ||
adults; | ||
(D) a child's appearance before a court in a | ||
judicial proceeding, including the use of a restraint on the child | ||
and the clothing worn by the child during the proceeding; and | ||
(E) commitment of children to the Texas Juvenile | ||
Justice Department. | ||
(b) The supreme court shall adopt the rules necessary to | ||
accomplish the purposes of this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2737 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2737 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |