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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the appointment of an attorney general liaison for each |
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regional office of the Department of Family and Protective |
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Services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 402, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 402.040 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 402.040. CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES LIAISON. For each |
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regional office of the Department of Family and Protective Services |
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that provides child protective services, the attorney general shall |
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appoint an employee to serve as a liaison to the department for that |
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regional office. The liaison shall: |
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(1) serve as a point of contact for the attorney |
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general's office to increase communication between the regional |
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office and the attorney general's office; |
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(2) provide assistance to the regional office in |
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locating absent parents of children in the managing conservatorship |
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of the department; and |
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(3) provide to the regional office information in the |
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attorney general's child support database that will enable the |
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regional office to locate absent parents of children in the |
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managing conservatorship of the department. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |