1-1 By: King of Parker (Senate Sponsor - Harris) H.B. No. 1634
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House March 26, 2001;
1-3 March 27, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Jurisprudence; April 24, 2001, reported favorably by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 24, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to certain payments allowed in an adoption case.
1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10 SECTION 1. Section 25.08(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
1-11 as follows:
1-12 (b) It is an exception to the application of this section
1-13 that the thing of value is:
1-14 (1) a fee or reimbursement paid to a child-placing
1-15 agency as authorized by law;
1-16 (2) a fee paid to an attorney, social worker, mental
1-17 health professional, or physician for services rendered in the
1-18 usual course of legal or medical practice or in providing adoption
1-19 counseling; [or]
1-20 (3) a reimbursement of legal or medical expenses
1-21 incurred by a person for the benefit of the child; or
1-22 (4) a necessary pregnancy-related expense paid by a
1-23 child-placing agency for the benefit of the child's parent during
1-24 the pregnancy or after the birth of the child as permitted by the
1-25 minimum standards for child-placing agencies and Department of
1-26 Protective and Regulatory Services rules.
1-27 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an
1-28 offense under Section 25.08, Penal Code, committed before, on, or
1-29 after the effective date of this Act, except that a conviction for
1-30 an offense under Section 25.08 that becomes final before the
1-31 effective date of this Act is unaffected by this Act.
1-32 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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