By King of Parker H.B. No. 1634
77R3886 MCK-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to certain payments allowed in an adoption case.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 25.08(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
1-5 as follows:
1-6 (b) It is an exception to the application of this section
1-7 that the thing of value is:
1-8 (1) a fee or reimbursement paid to a child-placing
1-9 agency as authorized by law;
1-10 (2) a fee paid to an attorney, social worker, mental
1-11 health professional, or physician for services rendered in the
1-12 usual course of legal or medical practice or in providing adoption
1-13 counseling; [or]
1-14 (3) a reimbursement of legal or medical expenses
1-15 incurred by a person for the benefit of the child; or
1-16 (4) a necessary pregnancy-related expense paid by a
1-17 child-placing agency for the benefit of the child's parent during
1-18 the pregnancy or after the birth of the child as permitted by the
1-19 minimum standards for child-placing agencies and Department of
1-20 Protective and Regulatory Services rules.
1-21 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an
1-22 offense under Section 25.08, Penal Code, committed before, on, or
1-23 after the effective date of this Act, except that a conviction for
1-24 an offense under Section 25.08 that becomes final before the
2-1 effective date of this Act is unaffected by this Act.
2-2 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.