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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring the Department of Family and Protective |
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Services to develop and provide certain foster parents with a |
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statement regarding the rights and responsibilities of those |
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persons and the agency. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 42.0452 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.0452. FOSTER PARENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES |
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STATEMENT. (a) The department shall develop a statement that lists |
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the rights and responsibilities of a foster parent in a foster home |
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or an agency foster home and of the department or a child-placing |
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agency, as applicable. |
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(b) The department shall provide a written copy of the |
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statement developed under Subsection (a) to each foster parent in a |
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foster home and to each child-placing agency licensed by the |
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department. A child-placing agency shall provide a written copy of |
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the statement developed under Subsection (a) to each foster parent |
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in an agency foster home verified by the child-placing agency. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |