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Amend CSHB 7 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 3, line 12, strike "Subsection (c)" and substitute "Subsections (c) and (d)".
(2) On page 3, between lines 24 and 25, insert the following:
(d) A court may not order termination based solely on the grounds of Subsection (b)(1)(O) if a parent proves by a preponderance of the evidence that:
(1) the parent was unable to comply with the requirements of the court order due to:
(A) the department's failure to provide court-ordered services to the parent; or
(B) the court-ordered requirements being impossible to perform; or
(2) the parent has substantially complied with the requirements of the court order.