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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to caregiver training for substitute care providers for |
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children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and |
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Protective Services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 42.0537(a) and (b), Human Resources |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The department shall include a provision in each |
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contract with a child-placing agency with whom children in the |
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managing conservatorship of the department are placed that requires |
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the child-placing agency to provide [at least 35 hours of] |
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competency-based, preservice training to a potential caregiver |
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before the child-placing agency verifies or approves the caregiver |
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as a foster or adoptive home. The amount of training required by |
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this subsection may not exceed 35 hours. |
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(b) The department shall adopt policies to ensure that each |
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potential caregiver receives [at least 35 hours of] |
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competency-based, preservice training before the department |
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verifies or approves the caregiver as a foster or adoptive home. |
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The amount of training required by this subsection may not exceed 35 |
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hours. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |