Bill Text: TX HB698 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to notice given to certain persons before a change of placement for a child in foster care.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-27 - Referred to Human Services [HB698 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB698-Introduced.html
85R1623 MK-D | ||
By: Wu | H.B. No. 698 |
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relating to notice given to certain persons before a change of | ||
placement for a child in foster care. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 264.018, Family Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsections (f-1) and (f-2) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(f) Except as provided by Subsection (f-1) or (f-2), as [ |
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soon as possible but not later than the 10th day after the date the | ||
department becomes aware of a significant event affecting a child | ||
in the conservatorship of the department, the department shall | ||
provide notice of the significant event to: | ||
(1) the child's parent; | ||
(2) an attorney ad litem appointed for the child under | ||
Chapter 107; | ||
(3) a guardian ad litem appointed for the child under | ||
Chapter 107; | ||
(4) a volunteer advocate appointed for the child under | ||
Chapter 107; | ||
(5) the licensed administrator of the child-placing | ||
agency responsible for placing the child or the licensed | ||
administrator's designee; | ||
(6) a foster parent, prospective adoptive parent, | ||
relative of the child providing care to the child, or director of | ||
the group home or general residential operation where the child is | ||
residing; and | ||
(7) any other person determined by a court to have an | ||
interest in the child's welfare. | ||
(f-1) As soon as possible but not later than the fifth day | ||
after the date a child-placing agency notifies the department of | ||
the agency's intent to change the placement of a child in the | ||
conservatorship of the department, the department shall give notice | ||
of the impending placement change and the reason given for the | ||
placement change to: | ||
(1) the child's parent; | ||
(2) an attorney ad litem appointed for the child under | ||
Chapter 107; | ||
(3) a guardian ad litem appointed for the child under | ||
Chapter 107; | ||
(4) a volunteer advocate appointed for the child under | ||
Chapter 107; | ||
(5) a foster parent, prospective adoptive parent, | ||
relative of the child providing care to the child, or director of | ||
the group home or general residential operation where the child is | ||
residing; and | ||
(6) any other person determined by a court to have an | ||
interest in the child's welfare. | ||
(f-2) As soon as possible but not later than the fifth day | ||
after the date a foster parent requests the removal of a child in | ||
the conservatorship of the department from the foster home because | ||
of an increase or decrease in the child's service level, the | ||
department shall give notice of the impending placement change to: | ||
(1) the child's parent; | ||
(2) an attorney ad litem appointed for the child under | ||
Chapter 107; | ||
(3) a guardian ad litem appointed for the child under | ||
Chapter 107; | ||
(4) a volunteer advocate appointed for the child under | ||
Chapter 107; | ||
(5) the licensed administrator of the child-placing | ||
agency responsible for placing the child or the licensed | ||
administrator's designee; and | ||
(6) any other person determined by a court to have an | ||
interest in the child's welfare. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |