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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain notice to applicants to provide care under the |
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permanency care assistance program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 264, Family Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 264.8521 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 264.8521. NOTICE TO APPLICANTS. At the time a person |
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applies to become licensed by the department or verified by a |
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licensed child-placing agency or the department to provide foster |
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care in order to qualify for the permanency care assistance |
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program, the department or the child-placing agency shall: |
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(1) notify the applicant that a background check, |
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including a criminal history record check, will be conducted on the |
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individual; and |
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(2) inform the applicant about criminal convictions |
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that: |
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(A) preclude an individual from becoming a |
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licensed foster home or verified agency foster home; and |
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(B) may also be considered in evaluating the |
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individual's application. |
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SECTION 2. Section 264.8521, Family Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies to an application to become a licensed foster home or |
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verified agency foster home filed with the Department of Family and |
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Protective Services or a child-placing agency on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. An application to become a licensed |
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foster home or verified agency foster home filed before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect |
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immediately before that date, and that law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |