85R1622 MCK-D
 
  By: Wu H.B. No. 697
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the inadmissibility of certain information in court as
  evidence of abuse or neglect of a child.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 262, Family Code, is
  amended by adding Section 262.013 to read as follows:
         Sec. 262.013.  VOLUNTARY TEMPORARY MANAGING
  CONSERVATORSHIP. In a suit affecting the parent-child
  relationship, a person's voluntary agreement to temporarily place
  the person's child in the managing conservatorship of the
  department is inadmissible in a court hearing under this subtitle
  as evidence that the person abused or neglected the child.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.