Bill Text: TX HB693 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to medical and psychological assessments and services for children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-27 - Referred to Human Services [HB693 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB693-Introduced.html
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| By: Wu | H.B. No. 693 | |
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| relating to medical and psychological assessments and services for | ||
| children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of | ||
| Family and Protective Services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 266, Family Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 266.0031 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 266.0031. INITIAL MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL | ||
| ASSESSMENT; SCHEDULING OF SERVICES. (a) The department shall | ||
| conduct an initial medical and psychological assessment of a child | ||
| not later than the seventh day after the date the child enters the | ||
| managing conservatorship of the department, or not later than the | ||
| third day after the date the child enters the managing | ||
| conservatorship of the department if the child was removed from the | ||
| child's home because of an immediate risk of abuse or neglect that | ||
| could have resulted in the death of or serious harm to the child. | ||
| (b) Following the initial assessments of a child under | ||
| Subsection (a), the department may, without court approval, | ||
| schedule for the child any preventive treatments, acute medical | ||
| services, or therapeutic and rehabilitative care to meet the | ||
| child's mental and physical needs. In scheduling treatments, | ||
| services, or care under this subsection, the department shall | ||
| adhere to the medical services delivery model developed under | ||
| Section 266.003. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 266.0031, Family Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, applies only to a child who enters the conservatorship of the | ||
| Department of Family and Protective Services on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. A child who enters the conservatorship | ||
| of the Department of Family and Protective Services before the | ||
| effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
| date the child entered foster care, and the former law is continued | ||
| in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
