89R3638 RAL-D
 
  By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 707
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of parental child safety placements.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter L, Chapter 264, Family Code, is
  amended by adding Section 264.908 to read as follows:
         Sec. 264.908.  USE OF PARENTAL CHILD SAFETY PLACEMENTS. (a)  
  Notwithstanding other law, the department shall use a parental
  child safety placement in each case in which the department
  determines it is appropriate.
         (b)  If the department determines that a parental child
  safety placement is not appropriate, the department shall:
               (1)  record in writing in the child's case file the
  reasons the department determined a parental child safety placement
  was not appropriate; and
               (2)  notify the child's state representative and state
  senator about the department's decision and the reasons the
  department determined a parental child safety placement was not
  appropriate.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.