Bill Text: TX HB3584 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain placements for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-28 - Left pending in committee [HB3584 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3584-Introduced.html
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By: Leo-Wilson | H.B. No. 3584 |
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relating to certain placements for 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. Subchapter A, Chapter 264, Family Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 264.020 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 264.020. PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN IN CONSERVATORSHIP OF | ||
DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES. (a) In this section, | ||
"child" means a person who: | ||
(1) is younger than 22 years of age and for whom the | ||
department has been appointed managing conservator of the child | ||
before the child's 18th birthday; or | ||
(2) is the responsibility of an agency with which the | ||
department has entered into an agreement to provide care and | ||
supervision of the child. | ||
(b) In making a placement decision for a child, the | ||
department shall give preference to persons in the following order: | ||
(1) a person related to the child by blood, marriage, | ||
or adoption; | ||
(2) a person with whom the child has a long-standing | ||
and significant relationship; | ||
(3) a foster home; and | ||
(4) a general residential operation. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |