Amend CSSB 206 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  (a) Using existing resources, the Department of Family and Protective Services shall conduct a study to determine whether authorization agreements under Chapter 34, Family Code, should be expanded to include authorization agreements between a parent of a child and a person who is unrelated to the child.

(b)  Not later than December 31, 2016, the Department of Family and Protective Services shall make recommendations related to the study to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and members of the legislature.

(c)  This section expires September 1, 2017.