Bill Text: TX HB4233 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to training regarding runaway prevention for certain individuals who provide care for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-13 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB4233 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4233-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 4233 |
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relating to training regarding runaway prevention for certain | ||
individuals who provide care 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. Section 264.015, Family Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: | ||
(d) Each foster parent, prospective adoptive parent, and | ||
relative or other designated caregiver who provide care for | ||
children and youth in the conservatorship of the department who are | ||
10 years of age or older shall complete a training program on: | ||
(1) runaway prevention measures; and | ||
(2) proper procedures in the event a child or youth | ||
runs away from the provider. | ||
(e) The training under Subsection (d) may be: | ||
(1) offered to providers who provide care for children | ||
in the conservatorship of the department who are younger than 10 | ||
years of age who have a history of running away; | ||
(2) included as part of existing licensing training | ||
provided by the department or contracted residential child-care | ||
providers; and | ||
(3) offered in lieu of required training that is not | ||
relevant based on the age of the children for whom the person will | ||
be providing care. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 4233 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 110, Nays 32, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 4233 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |