Bill Text: TX SB1643 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the placement of children with certain relatives or other designated caregivers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-23 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1643 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1643-Introduced.html
By: West | S.B. No. 1643 | |
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relating to the placement of children with certain relatives or | ||
other designated caregivers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 31.0041, Human Resources Code is | ||
amended by adding subsection (b), to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 31.0041. SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR | ||
CERTAIN PERSONS. (a) To the extent funds are appropriated for | ||
this purpose, the department may provide supplemental financial | ||
assistance in addition to the amount of financial assistance | ||
granted for the support of a dependent child under Section 31.003 to | ||
a person who: | ||
(1) is 45 years of age or older; | ||
(2) is the grandparent of the dependent child, as | ||
defined by Section 31.002, who lives at the person's residence; | ||
(3) is the primary caretaker of the dependent child; | ||
(4) has a family income that is at or below 200 percent | ||
of the federal poverty level; and | ||
(5) does not have resources that exceed the amount | ||
allowed for financial assistance under this chapter. | ||
(b) Supplemental financial assistance provided to a person | ||
under this section may include one or more cash payments, not to | ||
exceed a total of $1,000 for each child. The payment for placement | ||
of a sibling group must be a least $1,000 for the group, but may not | ||
exceed $1,000 for each child in the group after determination of | ||
eligibility for supplemental financial assistance under this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect August 31, 2015. |