Bill Text: TX HB475 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to information for foster children who are pregnant or minor parents.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB475 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB475-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 475 | ||
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| relating to information for foster children who are pregnant or | ||
| minor parents. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 264, Family Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 264.130 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 264.130. PREGNANCY AND PARENTING INFORMATION. The | ||
| department at developmentally appropriate stages shall ensure that | ||
| children in the managing conservatorship of the department who are | ||
| pregnant or who are minor parents receive information on and | ||
| support in providing safe environments for children, including | ||
| information and support regarding: | ||
| (1) safe sleeping arrangements; | ||
| (2) suggestions for childproofing potentially | ||
| dangerous settings in a home; | ||
| (3) child development and methods to cope with | ||
| challenging behaviors; | ||
| (4) selection of appropriate substitute caregivers; | ||
| (5) a child's early brain development, including the | ||
| importance of meeting an infant's developmental needs by providing | ||
| positive experiences and avoiding adverse experiences; | ||
| (6) the importance of paternal involvement in a | ||
| child's life and methods for coparenting; | ||
| (7) the benefits of reading, singing, and talking to | ||
| young children; | ||
| (8) the importance of prenatal and postpartum care for | ||
| both the mother and infant, including the impact of and signs for | ||
| perinatal mood disorders; | ||
| (9) infant nutrition and the importance of | ||
| breastfeeding; and | ||
| (10) healthy relationships, including the prevention | ||
| of intimate partner violence. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 475 was passed by the House on May 7, | ||
| 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 6, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 475 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 | ||
| present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 475 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
| 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
