Bill Text: TX HB4201 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 4201

Bill Title: Relating to recording the status of certain home studies performed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-02 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB4201 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4201-Comm_Sub.html

	88R21832 MLH-D

	By: Ramos	H.B. No. 4201

	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4201:

	By: Campos	C.S.H.B. No. 4201



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to recording the status of certain home studies performed
	by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 262.114, Family Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows:
	(a-3) The department shall maintain an electronic record of
	the status of a home study required under Subsection (a) of a
	potential relative or designated caregiver.
	SECTION 2. Section 262.114(a-3), Family Code, as added by
	this Act, applies only to a home study performed on or after the
	effective date of this Act. A home study performed before the
	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
	date the home study was performed, and the former law is continued
	in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.