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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the payment of foster care costs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 264.101(a), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The department shall [may] pay the cost of foster care |
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for a child: |
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(1) for whom the department [has initiated a suit and] |
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has been named managing conservator under an order rendered under |
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this title, who is a resident of the state, and who has been placed |
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[by the department] in a foster home or child-care institution, as |
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defined by Chapter 42, Human Resources Code; or |
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(2) who is under the placement and care of a state |
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agency or political subdivision with which the department has |
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entered into an agreement to reimburse the cost of care and |
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supervision of the child. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |