Bill Text: TX HB683 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 683 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the emergency possession of certain abandoned children.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-03 - Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. [HB683 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB683-Introduced.html

	87R3269 MLH-F

	By: Minjarez	H.B. No. 683



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the emergency possession of certain abandoned children.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 262.302(a), Family Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a) A designated emergency infant care provider shall,
	without a court order, take possession of a child who appears to be
	younger than one year old [~~60 days old or younger~~] if the child is
	voluntarily delivered to the provider by the child's parent and the
	parent did not express an intent to return for the child.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.