Bill Text: TX SB698 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain duties of the Department of Family and Protective Services regarding parental child safety placements.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-15 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB698 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB698-Introduced.html
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| By: Watson | S.B. No. 698 | |
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| relating to certain duties of the Department of Family and | ||
| Protective Services regarding parental child safety placements. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 264.904(d), Family Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (d) Before the department may close a case with a child | ||
| still living in a parental child safety placement, the department | ||
| must: | ||
| (1) determine and document in the case file that the | ||
| child can safely remain in the placement without the department's | ||
| supervision; | ||
| (2) obtain the written agreement of the parent or | ||
| person who made the parental child safety placement, if possible; | ||
| (3) obtain the caregiver's agreement in writing that | ||
| the child can continue living in the placement after the department | ||
| closes the case; [ |
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| (4) develop a written plan for the child's care after | ||
| the department closes the case; | ||
| (5) ensure that the parent or person who made the | ||
| parental child safety placement, if appropriate, and the caregiver | ||
| have: | ||
| (A) obtained any public benefits for which the | ||
| child qualifies; | ||
| (B) enrolled the child in school or made other | ||
| arrangements relating to the child's education; | ||
| (C) obtained health insurance for the child or | ||
| made other arrangements relating to the child's medical care; | ||
| (D) filed for or transferred to the caregiver any | ||
| child support, social security income, or public benefits being | ||
| paid on behalf of the child to the parent or other person who made | ||
| the parental child safety placement; | ||
| (E) obtained the following documents for the | ||
| child: | ||
| (i) the child's birth certificate; | ||
| (ii) a social security card or a | ||
| replacement social security card; | ||
| (iii) a driver's license or personal | ||
| identification card; and | ||
| (iv) any other personal document the | ||
| department determines appropriate; and | ||
| (F) obtained any other resources necessary to | ||
| care for the child; and | ||
| (6) assist the parent or person who made the parental | ||
| child safety placement, if appropriate, and the caregiver in | ||
| complying with requirements described by Subdivision (5). | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
