Bill Text: TX HB3597 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the duty of a parent appointed as a conservator of a child to inform the child's other conservator of certain medical emergencies involving the child.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-18 - Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues [HB3597 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3597-Introduced.html
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By: Sanford | H.B. No. 3597 |
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relating to the duty of a parent appointed as a conservator of a | ||
child to inform the child's other conservator of certain medical | ||
emergencies involving the child. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 153.076, Family Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (b-2) and (c-2) and amending Subsection (d) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b-2) The court shall order that each conservator of a child | ||
has a duty to inform the other conservator of the child if: | ||
(1) the child is diagnosed with a critical or terminal | ||
illness; or | ||
(2) the custodial parent has decided to withdraw or | ||
withhold life-sustaining treatment. | ||
(c-2) The notice required to be made under Subsection (b-2) | ||
must be made not later than one hour after the time the conservator | ||
received notice of the child's diagnosis or made the decision | ||
regarding treatment, as applicable. The notice required to be made | ||
under Subsection (b-2)(2) must provide the conservator receiving | ||
notice an opportunity to visit the child for at least one hour | ||
without interference from the other conservator or any other person | ||
associated with that conservator. | ||
(d) A conservator commits an offense if the conservator | ||
fails to provide notice in the manner required by Subsections (b) | ||
and (c), [ |
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(c-2), as applicable. An offense under this subsection is a Class C | ||
misdemeanor. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this | ||
section, the changes in law made by this Act to Section 153.076, | ||
Family Code, apply only to a court order rendered on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. A court order rendered before that date | ||
is governed by the law in effect on the date the order was rendered, | ||
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
(b) A person may bring a suit to modify a court order | ||
rendered before September 1, 2019, under Section 153.076, Family | ||
Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |