Bill Text: TX SB115 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 115 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the requirements for the issuance of identification documentation for foster care youth.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-01 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB115 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB115-Introduced.html



	By: Menéndez	S.B. No. 115


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the requirements for the issuance of identification
	documentation for foster care youth.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 191, Health and Safety
	Code, is amended by adding Section 191.0049 to read as follows:
	Sec. 191.0049. BIRTH RECORD ISSUED TO FOSTER CHILD; PILOT
	PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "foster child" means a person who is
	16 years of age or older and in the managing conservatorship of the
	Department of Family and Protective Services.
	(b) On request of a foster child, the state registrar, a
	local registrar, or a county clerk shall issue, without a fee, a
	certified copy of the foster child's birth record.
	(c) The department shall participate in a foster child
	identification verification pilot program for the purpose of
	issuing birth records to foster children.
	(d) Under the pilot program, the department may:
	(1) enter into a memorandum of understanding with the
	Department of Family and Protective Services to establish an
	identification verification process for foster children; and
	(2) issue a birth certificate to a foster child whose
	identity has been confirmed through the verification process.
	(e) At the conclusion of the pilot program, the
	participating agencies may agree to continue the pilot program on a
	permanent basis.
	(f) Not later than January 1, 2019, the department and the
	Department of Family and Protective Services shall jointly issue a
	report to the legislature addressing the status and effectiveness
	of the pilot program. This subsection expires September 1, 2019.
	SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
	is amended by adding Section 521.1015 to read as follows:
	Sec. 521.1015. PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE ISSUED
	TO FOSTER CHILD. (a) In this section, "foster child" means a
	person who is 16 years of age or older and in the managing
	conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective
	Services.
	(b) Notwithstanding Section 521.101, Section 521.1426, or
	any other provision of this chapter, a foster child may, in applying
	for a personal identification certificate:
	(1) provide a copy of the foster child's birth
	certificate or a copy of the foster child's social security card as
	proof of the foster child's identity and United States citizenship,
	as applicable; and
	(2) use the address of the regional office where the
	Department of Family and Protective Services caseworker for the
	foster child is based, if the foster child:
	(A) does not have a residence or domicile; or
	(B) cannot show proof of the foster child's
	residence or domicile.
	(c) A foster child may apply for and the department may
	issue a personal identification certificate without the signature
	or presence of or permission from a parent or guardian of the foster
	child.
	(d) A foster child is exempt from the payment of any fee for
	the issuance of a personal identification certificate under this
	chapter.
	SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
	a request for a birth record or an application for a personal
	identification certificate submitted on or after the effective date
	of this Act. A request for a birth record or an application for a
	personal identification certificate submitted before the effective
	date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately
	before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in
	effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.