Amend CSSB 11 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter B, Chapter 264, Family Code, is amended by adding Section 264.1252 to read as follows:
Sec. 264.1252. REIMBURSEMENT FOR ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES; CRIMINAL OFFENSE. (a) In this section, "enrichment activities" includes athletic camps and competition, art and music classes and camps, school-related extracurricular activities, faith-based camps or mission trips, and the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, or similar organizations and activities. The term does not include entertainment activities that a child participates in solely with the child's foster parent.
(b) At the foster parent's discretion, the foster parent may enroll a foster child in age-appropriate enrichment activities.
(c) The department shall reimburse a foster parent for monetary expenses relating to the participation of a child in enrichment activities not to exceed $200 per month for each child. The foster parent must provide the department with receipts for expenses under this subsection to receive reimbursement.
(d) A person commits an offense if, with intent to defraud or deceive the department, the person knowingly makes or causes to be made a false statement or misrepresentation of a material fact that allows a person to receive a reimbursement under Subsection (c). An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.