79S30093 UM-D

By:  Janek                                                        S.B. No. 47 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the provision of children's substitute care and case 
management services by county governmental agencies.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 45, Human Resources Code, 
is amended by adding Section 45.005 to read as follows:
	Sec. 45.005.  PROVISION OF SUBSTITUTE CARE AND CASE 
MANAGEMENT SERVICES BY COUNTY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.  
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department 
or an independent administrator may contract with a county 
governmental agency for the provision of substitute care and case 
management services in this state if the agency holds the 
appropriate license, certification, or registration issued by the 
department.
	SECTION 2.  Section 264.106, Family Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (l) to read as follows:
	(l)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, 
the department or an independent administrator may contract with a 
county governmental agency for the provision of substitute care and 
case management services in this state if the agency holds the 
appropriate license, certification, or registration issued by the 
department.
	SECTION 3.  The authority provided by Section 45.005, Human 
Resources Code, and Section 264.106(l), Family Code, as added by 
this Act, applies to a contract described by those sections, 
regardless of whether the contract is executed before or after 
September 1, 2011, and the authority does not expire on September 1, 
2012, notwithstanding the expiration of Chapter 45, Human Resources 
Code.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the 
legislative session.