Bill Text: TX HB558 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to court-ordered support for a child with a disability.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-02 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB558 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB558-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 558

AN ACT
relating to court-ordered support for a child with a disability.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 154.302, Family Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a court that orders
support under this section for an adult child with a disability may
designate a special needs trust and provide that the support may be
paid directly to the trust for the benefit of the adult child. The
court shall order that support payable to a special needs trust
under this subsection be paid directly to the trust and may not
order the support be paid to the state disbursement unit. This
subsection does not apply in a Title IV-D case.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act constitutes a
material and substantial change of circumstances under Section
156.401, Family Code, sufficient to warrant modification of a court
order or a portion of a decree that provides for the support of a
child rendered before the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 558 was passed by the House on
April 12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1
present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 558 was passed by the Senate on
May
16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor