Bill Text: TX HB897 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to payments made to certain foster parents.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-01 - Referred to Human Services [HB897 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB897-Introduced.html
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| By: Sherman, Sr. | H.B. No. 897 | |
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| relating to payments made to certain foster parents. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 264.101, Family Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-3) In addition to the daily foster care reimbursement | ||
| rate paid to a foster parent under this section, the department | ||
| shall pay an additional amount equal to 40 percent of the daily | ||
| foster care reimbursement rate paid to the foster parent if the | ||
| foster parent: | ||
| (1) cares for a foster child who is 16 years of age or | ||
| younger; and | ||
| (2) has an adjusted household income that does not | ||
| exceed 150 percent of the current federal poverty guidelines for | ||
| the relevant household size. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
