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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a Department of Family and Protective Services plan to |
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address the substitute care capacity needs in certain child |
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protective services regions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 264.1261(b), Family Code, as added by |
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Chapter 319 (S.B. 11), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2017, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Appropriate department management personnel from a |
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child protective services region in which community-based care has |
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not been implemented, in collaboration with foster care providers, |
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faith-based entities, and child advocates in that region, shall use |
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data collected by the department on foster care capacity needs and |
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availability of each type of foster care and kinship placement in |
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the region to create a plan to address the substitute care capacity |
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needs in the region. The plan must identify: |
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(1) [both] short-term and long-term goals and |
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strategies for addressing those capacity needs; and |
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(2) the capacity and geographic distribution of foster |
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placements tailored to serve the distinct needs of pregnant and |
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parenting youth in the conservatorship of the department. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 264.1261(a) and (b), Family Code, as |
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added by Chapter 822 (H.B. 1549), Acts of the 85th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2017, are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |