TO: | Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services |
FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB886 by Uresti (Relating to extended foster care for certain young adults and the extended jurisdiction of a court in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving those young adults.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend Family Code provisions relating to extended foster care and trial independence periods for young adults between the ages of 18 and 21 formerly in foster care. The bill specifies the jurisdiction of a court in cases involving such young adults.
The Department of Family and Protective Services reports that the bill will not have a fiscal impact on the agency. The Office of Court Administration does not anticipate any significant fiscal impact to the court system resulting from the bill. The bill would take effect September 1, 2013.
Source Agencies: | 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 530 Family and Protective Services, Department of
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LBB Staff: | UP, CL, AM, VJC
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