By Harris S.B. No. 1086 77R8243 MCK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the minimum qualifications of certain persons 1-3 conducting a social study in a suit affecting the parent-child 1-4 relationship. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Section 107.052(a), Family Code, is amended to 1-7 read as follows: 1-8 (a) The court may appoint an investigator to conduct the 1-9 social study required by this section who has the qualifications 1-10 established by the rules of the Department of Protective and 1-11 Regulatory Services providing minimum qualifications for persons 1-12 who may conduct social studies. If the Department of Protective 1-13 and Regulatory Services or another governmental entity is 1-14 appointed, the person who conducts the investigation and makes the 1-15 report must also have those qualifications. A person may not 1-16 conduct a social study under this section unless the person has a 1-17 bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and at 1-18 least 10 years of professionally supervised full-time experience 1-19 with the department. 1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and 1-21 applies to the appointment of an investigator to conduct a social 1-22 study under Section 107.052(a), Family Code, on or after that date. 1-23 An appointment made before the effective date of this Act is 1-24 governed by the law in effect on the date the appointment was made, 2-1 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.