Bill Text: TX HB451 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a screening for the risk of commercial sexual exploitation of certain children.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-3)

Status: (Passed) 2025-05-29 - Effective on 9/1/25 [HB451 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB451-Introduced.html

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89R2676 AMF-F
By: Thompson H.B. No. 451

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a screening for the risk of commercial sexual
exploitation of certain children.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 266.012(a), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Not later than the 45th day after the date a child enters
the conservatorship of the department, the child shall receive a
developmentally appropriate comprehensive assessment. The
assessment must include:
(1) a screening for trauma; [and]
(2) a screening for risk of commercial sexual
exploitation using a validated screening tool selected by the Child
Sex Trafficking Prevention Unit established under Section
772.0062, Government Code; and
(3) interviews with individuals who have knowledge of
the child's needs.
SECTION 2. Section 221.003(b), Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A juvenile probation department must, before the
disposition of a child's case and using a validated risk and needs
assessment instrument or process provided or approved by the
department, complete a risk and needs assessment for each child
under the jurisdiction of the juvenile probation department. The
risk and needs assessment must include a screening for risk of
commercial sexual exploitation using a screening tool selected by
the Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Unit established under Section
772.0062, Government Code.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.