Bill Text: TX HB656 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Relating to the payment of foster care costs.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-19 - Referred to Human Services [HB656 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB656-Introduced.html

---

84R4757 YDB-D
By: Wu H.B. No. 656

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the payment of foster care costs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 264.101(a), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The department shall [may] pay the cost of foster care
for a child:
(1) for whom the department [has initiated a suit and]
has been named managing conservator under an order rendered under
this title, who is a resident of the state, and who has been placed
[by the department] in a foster home or child-care institution, as
defined by Chapter 42, Human Resources Code; or
(2) who is under the placement and care of a state
agency or political subdivision with which the department has
entered into an agreement to reimburse the cost of care and
supervision of the child.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.