Bill Text: TX HB4488 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to preventing discrimination in foster care.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Human Services [HB4488 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4488-Introduced.html
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| By: Wu | H.B. No. 4488 | |
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| relating to preventing discrimination in foster care. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 264, Family Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 264.105 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 264.105. PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION IN FOSTER CARE. | ||
| (a) Notwithstanding Section 264.0011, in this section, | ||
| "commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission. | ||
| (b) The commission, the department, a single source | ||
| continuum contractor, and any other person may not discriminate or | ||
| take any adverse action against a person on the basis of the | ||
| person's sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression | ||
| relating to child welfare services, including the licensure or | ||
| verification of a foster home or the placement of a child. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
