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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reimbursement of foster parents and certain former |
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foster children for expenses related to obtaining or renewing a |
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driver's license and obtaining insurance. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 264, Family Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 264.1252 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 264.1252. REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES RELATING TO |
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OBTAINING OR RENEWING A DRIVER'S LICENSE AND OBTAINING INSURANCE. |
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(a) The department shall reimburse a foster parent for any monetary |
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expenses relating to obtaining: |
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(1) a driver's license for a foster child, including |
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the cost for completing a driver education course required by |
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Section 521.1601, Transportation Code, and the driver's license |
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fee; and |
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(2) liability insurance for the foster child that |
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meets the minimum requirements of Subchapter D, Chapter 601, |
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Transportation Code. |
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(b) The department shall reimburse a former foster child |
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younger than 21 years of age for any monetary expenses relating to: |
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(1) obtaining or renewing a driver's license, |
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including the cost for completing a driver education course |
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required by Section 521.1601, Transportation Code, and the driver's |
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license fee; and |
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(2) obtaining liability insurance that meets the |
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minimum requirements of Subchapter D, Chapter 601, Transportation |
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Code. |
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(c) Subsection (b) applies only to a former foster child who |
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was in the conservatorship of the department on the day preceding |
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the former foster child's 18th birthday. |
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(d) A person entitled to reimbursement for expenses under |
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this section must provide the department with receipts for the |
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expenses to receive reimbursement. |
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SECTION 2. Section 264.1252, Family Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies only to an expense relating to obtaining a driver's |
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license or insurance for a foster child or obtaining or renewing a |
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driver's license or obtaining insurance for a former foster child |
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incurred on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |