Bill Text: TX HB4155 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to policies and procedures of the Department of Family and Protective Services, including regarding service plans and post-removal assessments.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Human Services [HB4155 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4155-Introduced.html
88R15482 MM-D | ||
By: Gervin-Hawkins | H.B. No. 4155 |
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relating to policies and procedures of the Department of Family and | ||
Protective Services, including regarding service plans and | ||
post-removal assessments. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 263, Family Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 263.1021 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 263.1021. SELECTION OF SERVICE PROVIDER. (a) A parent | ||
who is required to complete a service plan under this subchapter may | ||
obtain services from any qualified or licensed provider selected by | ||
the parent. | ||
(b) Services obtained from a provider selected under | ||
Subsection (a) must be designed to achieve the stated goals of the | ||
service plan. | ||
(c) A service provider selected by a parent shall certify in | ||
writing whether the parent has satisfactorily completed the | ||
required service. | ||
(d) If the department does not accept the certification from | ||
a service provider under Subsection (c), not later than the 48th | ||
hour after the department issues the denial, the department shall | ||
notify the parent's state representative, the parent's state | ||
senator, and the department's office of internal affairs about the | ||
department's denial of the certification and the reason for the | ||
denial. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 264.1076, Family Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) In addition to the medical examination required by | ||
Subsection (b), the department shall ensure that not later than the | ||
end of the 15th day after the date a child described by Subsection | ||
(a) is removed from the child's home, the child receives: | ||
(1) a child and adolescent needs and strengths | ||
assessment; and | ||
(2) a medical checkup conducted in accordance with the | ||
Texas Health Steps program. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 264.1076(b-1), Family Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies only to a child who enters the conservatorship of | ||
the Department of Family and Protective Services on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. A child who enters the conservatorship | ||
of the Department of Family and Protective Services before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
date the child entered the conservatorship of the department, and | ||
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a suit filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services on | ||
or after the effective date of this Act. A suit filed by the | ||
department before that date is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
date the suit was filed, and the former law is continued in effect | ||
for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |