Bill Text: TX SB1645 | 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 [SB1645 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1645-Introduced.html
By: West | S.B. No. 1645 | |
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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 amending subsection (a), and adding subsection (b), 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) except as provided by subsection (b), does not | ||
have resources that exceed the amount allowed for financial | ||
assistance under this chapter. | ||
(b) In determining the eligibility for a person under this | ||
subsection, the department may not consider as resources any motor | ||
vehicle in which the person or a member of the person's household | ||
has an ownership interest. | ||
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. |