By: Hull H.B. No. 42
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain procedures relating to children placed under a
  parental child safety placement.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 264.203, Family Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  If a child is subject to a parental child safety
  placement under Subchapter L, before the court may order a parent,
  managing conservator, guardian, or other member of the subject
  child's household to participate in services, the court shall
  advise any person who is not represented by an attorney of:
               (1)  the right to be represented by an attorney; and
               (2)  if the person is indigent and opposes the order to
  participate in services, the right to a court-appointed attorney,
  subject to the procedures in Section 263.0061(b).
         SECTION 2.  Section 264.902, Family Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  A parental child safety placement agreement must
  include terms that clearly state:
               (1)  the respective duties of the person making the
  placement and the caregiver, including a plan for how the caregiver
  will access necessary medical treatment for the child and the
  caregiver's duty to ensure that a school-age child is enrolled in
  and attending school;
               (2)  conditions under which the person placing the
  child may have access to the child, including how often the person
  may visit and the circumstances under which the person's visit may
  occur;
               (3)  the duties of the department;
               (4)  subject to Subsection (e), the date on which the
  agreement will terminate unless terminated sooner or extended to a
  subsequent date as provided under department policy; and
               (5)  any other term the department determines necessary
  for the safety and welfare of the child.
         (e)  A parental child safety placement agreement
  automatically terminates on the earlier of the 30th day after the
  date:
               (1)  the agreement is signed; or
               (2)  the child is placed with the caregiver.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter L, Chapter 264, Family Code, is
  amended by adding Sections 264.907 and 264.908 to read as follows:
         Sec. 264.907.  INCLUSIONS IN REPORTS OF PARENTAL CHILD
  SAFETY PLACEMENTS.  The department shall include children who are
  placed with a caregiver under a parental child safety placement
  agreement in any report, including reports submitted to the United
  States Department of Health and Human Services or another federal
  agency, in which the department is required to report the number of
  children in the child protective services system who are removed
  from the children's homes.
         Sec. 264.908.  REPORT ON COURT-ORDERED PARTICIPATION IN
  SERVICES.  The department shall report the number of cases in which
  a court under Section 264.203 orders the parent, managing
  conservator, guardian, or other member of the child's household of
  a child who is placed with a caregiver under a parental child safety
  placement to participate in services.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
  last day of the legislative session.