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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a report on efforts made by the Department of Family and |
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Protective Services to place children in adoptive homes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter D, Chapter 162, Family |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER D. ADOPTION SERVICES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND |
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PROTECTIVE [AND REGULATORY] SERVICES |
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SECTION 2. Section 162.301(3), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(3) "Department" means the Department of Family and |
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Protective [and Regulatory] Services. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 162, Family Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 162.310 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 162.310. REPORT TO GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE. (a) The |
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department shall, not later than January 1 of each year, submit to |
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the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of |
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representatives, and appropriate committees of the legislature a |
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report describing the efforts made by the department to place |
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children in the department's managing conservatorship in adoptive |
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homes. |
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(b) The report must include the following information for |
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the preceding year, sorted by department region and district: |
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(1) the number of children in the department's |
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managing conservatorship; |
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(2) the number and percentage of children placed by |
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the department in an adoptive home; |
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(3) the number and percentage of children who were |
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separated from a sibling when placed by the department in an |
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adoptive home; and |
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(4) the number of children placed by the department in |
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an adoptive home who were in the department's managing |
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conservatorship for: |
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(A) less than one year; |
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(B) at least one year but less than three years; |
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and |
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(C) three years or more. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2011. |