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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 86(R)

House Bill 1780

House Author:  Miller et al.

Effective:  9-1-19

Senate Sponsor:  Kolkhorst


            House Bill 1780 amends the Family Code to require a court to consider whether a parent made a good faith effort to successfully complete an ordered substance abuse treatment program when considering whether to find that extraordinary circumstances necessitate a child remaining in the temporary managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) in a suit affecting the parent‑child relationship requesting the termination of that relationship or the naming of DFPS as the child's conservator.