| 80R14625 KSD-F | ||
| By: Naishtat | H.B. No. 2580 | |
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2580: | ||
| By: Rose | C.S.H.B. No. 2580 | |
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| relating to the designation by the Department of Family and | |||
| Protective Services of an individual to consent on behalf of the | |||
| department to medical care for a child in foster care. | |||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |||
| SECTION 1. Section 266.004(c), Family Code, as added by | |||
| Chapter 268, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, | |||
| is amended to read as follows: | |||
| (c) If the person authorized by the court to consent to | |||
| medical care is the department or an agent of the department, the | |||
| department shall, not later than the fifth business day after the | |||
| date the court provides authorization, file with the court and each | |||
| party the name of the individual who will exercise the duty and | |||
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| department. The department may designate the child's foster parent | |||
| or the child's parent, if the parent's rights have not been | |||
| terminated, to exercise the duty and responsibility of providing | |||
| consent on behalf of the department under this subsection. If the | |||
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| department shall file notice of the change with the court and each | |||
| party not later than the fifth business day after the date of the | |||
| change. | |||
| SECTION 2. 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 September 1, 2007. | |||