Bill Text: TX SB162 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of a relative or other designated caregiver of a foster child for monetary assistance.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-02-03 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB162 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB162-Introduced.html

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89R2755 MM-F
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 162

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of a relative or other designated
caregiver of a foster child for monetary assistance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 264.760, Family Code, is amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 264.760. ELIGIBILITY FOR FOSTER CARE PAYMENTS AND
PERMANENCY CARE ASSISTANCE. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this subchapter, a relative or other designated caregiver [who
becomes verified by a licensed child-placing agency to operate an
agency foster home under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code,] may
elect to receive foster care payments in lieu of the benefits
provided by this subchapter[, beginning with the first month in
which the relative or other designated caregiver becomes licensed
or is verified].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.