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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the notice provided to a foster parent before a change |
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in a child's foster care placement. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 264, Family Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 264.119 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 264.119. NOTICE OF CHANGE OF PLACEMENT. (a) In this |
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section, "residential child-care facility" and "child-placing |
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agency" have the meanings assigned by Section 42.002, Human |
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Resources Code. |
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(b) Except in the case of an emergency or as otherwise |
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provided by a court order or agreed to by a residential child-care |
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facility or child-placing agency, the department must provide |
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written notice to the residential child-care facility and any |
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child-placing agency involved with a child before the department |
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may change the child's residential child-care facility. |
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(c) The department must provide the notice required under |
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Subsection (b) at least 48 hours before the residential child-care |
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facility is changed. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |