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House Bill 2579 |
House Author: Rodriguez et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-05 |
Senate Sponsor: Zaffirini |
House Bill 2579 amends the Government Code relating to procedures to ensure the involvement of parents or guardians of children placed in certain institutions, including an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded, a group home, a foster home, and a nursing facility. The bill includes provisions relating to the development and implementation of a system to provide certain preadmission information about available community-based services and support options to a parent or guardian of a child for whom placement in a facility has been requested, requirements for an admission form to be completed by a parent or guardian, written reauthorization of a child's plan of care, procedures for informing parents of certain periodic planning meetings and annual service plan reviews, and procedures for notifying and locating parents in certain emergency situations. House Bill 2579 directs an institution to make specific accommodations to promote the participation of a parent or guardian in the planning and decision-making of a child's care and requires an institution to obtain consent before transferring certain children between institutions, except in emergency situations.