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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the notification of certain legislators of the death of |
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a child in foster care. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 264, Family Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 264.0121 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 264.0121. NOTICE TO LEGISLATORS OF FOSTER CHILD'S |
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DEATH. Not later than the fifth day after the date the department |
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is notified of the death of a child for whom the department has been |
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appointed managing conservator, the department shall provide the |
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information described by Section 261.203(a) for the child to the |
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state senators and state representatives who represent: |
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(1) the county in which the child's placement at the |
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time of the child's death was located; and |
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(2) the county in which a suit affecting the |
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parent-child relationship involving the child is pending. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |