Amend HB 1884 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTIONS and renumbering the sections of the bill as appropriate:
      SECTION ____.  Subchapter F, Chapter 153, Family Code, is
amended by adding Section 153.318 to read as follows:
      Sec. 153.318.  TELEPHONE ACCESS.  (a)  On the request of a
joint managing conservator or possessory conservator, the court
shall include in the possession order that the conservator shall
have access to the child on the telephone during a specified time
each week.  The order shall specify:
            (1)  the day of the week for the telephone access;
            (2)  the time that the child must be made available for
telephone access; and
            (3)  the procedure the managing conservator must follow
if the child will not be available during the designated time for
telephone access.
      (b)  In addition to the access provided for in Subsection
(a), unless the managing conservator providing for the primary
residence for the child can show that the requirement would cause
undue financial hardship, the court shall order the managing
conservator to have a telephone answering device or service to
receive or record messages to the child from the possessory
conservator.
      SECTION ____.  Section 153.318, Family Code, as added by this
Act, applies to an order or portion of a decree providing for
possession of or access to a child that is rendered on or after the
effective date of this Act.  An order rendered before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law that existed on the date
the order was rendered, and the former law is continued in effect
for that purpose.