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By: Miller, Frank (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) |
H.B. No. 1780 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019; |
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May 8, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Health & |
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Human Services; May 20, 2019, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the mandatory dismissal date of certain suits affecting |
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the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family |
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and Protective Services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 263.401, Family Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-2) to read as follows: |
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(b-2) When considering under Subsection (b) whether to find |
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that extraordinary circumstances necessitate the child remaining |
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in the temporary managing conservatorship of the department for a |
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case in which the court orders a parent to complete a substance |
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abuse treatment program, the court shall consider whether the |
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parent made a good faith effort to successfully complete the |
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program. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. A suit affecting the parent-child |
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relationship filed before that date is governed by the law in effect |
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on the date the suit was filed, and that law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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