Bill Text: TX HB3145 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the right of a parent appointed as a conservator of a child to attend school activities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB3145 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3145-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3145 |
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relating to the right of a parent appointed as a conservator of a | ||
child to attend school activities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 153.073(a), Family Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Unless limited by court order, a parent appointed as a | ||
conservator of a child has at all times the right: | ||
(1) to receive information from any other conservator | ||
of the child concerning the health, education, and welfare of the | ||
child; | ||
(2) to confer with the other parent to the extent | ||
possible before making a decision concerning the health, education, | ||
and welfare of the child; | ||
(3) of access to medical, dental, psychological, and | ||
educational records of the child; | ||
(4) to consult with a physician, dentist, or | ||
psychologist of the child; | ||
(5) to consult with school officials concerning the | ||
child's welfare and educational status, including school | ||
activities; | ||
(6) to attend school activities, including school | ||
lunches, performances, and field trips; | ||
(7) to be designated on the child's records as a person | ||
to be notified in case of an emergency; | ||
(8) to consent to medical, dental, and surgical | ||
treatment during an emergency involving an immediate danger to the | ||
health and safety of the child; and | ||
(9) to manage the estate of the child to the extent the | ||
estate has been created by the parent or the parent's family. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3145 was passed by the House on May | ||
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3145 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |