By: Raymond, Dukes (Senate Sponsor - Davis) H.B. No. 2170

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2011; April 27, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services; May 11, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 11, 2011, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to assisting a foster child in obtaining the child's credit report.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 264, Family Code, is amended by adding Section 264.016 to read as follows:

Sec. 264.016. CREDIT REPORT FOR FOSTER CHILD. The department shall ensure that each child in the permanent managing conservatorship of the department who is 16 years of age or older:

(1) obtains a free copy of the child's credit report in accordance with the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (Pub. L. No. 108-159) each year until the child is discharged from foster care; and

(2) receives information regarding interpreting the report and the procedure for correcting inaccuracies in the report.

SECTION 2. Section 264.016, Family Code, as added by this Act, applies to a child in the permanent managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services on or after the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.

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