Bill Text: TX HB2820 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a pilot program in Bexar County to provide an educational course to certain parents on the effects of child abuse and neglect.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-19 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB2820 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2820-Introduced.html
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| By: Farias | H.B. No. 2820 | |
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| relating to the establishment of a pilot program in Bexar County to | ||
| provide an educational course to certain parents on the effects of | ||
| child abuse and neglect. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 263, Family Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 263.107 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 263.107. EDUCATIONAL COURSE PILOT PROGRAM. (a) In | ||
| this section, "abuse" and "neglect" have the meanings assigned by | ||
| Section 261.001. | ||
| (b) The department shall establish a pilot program in Bexar | ||
| County that requires a parent receiving services from the | ||
| department in Bexar County and against whom the department has made | ||
| a finding of abuse or neglect to complete an educational course on | ||
| the effects of child abuse and neglect on a child. The department | ||
| shall require completion of the educational course as a condition | ||
| of the service plan for the parent. | ||
| (c) The educational course must include at least 16 hours of | ||
| education regarding the effects of child abuse and neglect on a | ||
| child and the child's family, including the impact of abuse and | ||
| neglect on the child's physical, psychological, and emotional | ||
| well-being. | ||
| (d) The department may contract with a private entity to | ||
| provide the course. | ||
| (e) The department shall establish a reasonable enrollment | ||
| fee for the course to be paid by the parent. The department may | ||
| waive or reduce the enrollment fee for an indigent parent. | ||
| (f) The department shall report to the lieutenant governor, | ||
| the speaker of the house of representatives, and the members of the | ||
| legislature not later than January 1, 2013, on the results of the | ||
| pilot program and the effect the educational course has had on child | ||
| abuse and neglect cases in Bexar county. The report must include the | ||
| department's recommendations on improvements to the program and | ||
| whether the program should be continued on a statewide basis. | ||
| (g) The department shall adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
| this section. | ||
| (h) This section expires September 1, 2013. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
