Bill Text: TX HB558 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to court-ordered support for a child with a disability.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-02 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB558 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB558-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 558 |
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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 |