Amend HB 1087 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 262.101(b), Family Code (page 1, line 43), immediately following "describe", insert "with specificity in a separate section".
(2) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 262.102(e), Family Code (page 1, line 51), between "describe" and "the", insert "with specificity in a separate section".
(3) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in added Section 262.105(c), Family Code (page 1, line 57), immediately following "describe", insert "with specificity in a separate section".
(4) In SECTION 4 of the bill, in added Section 262.107(c), Family Code (page 2, line 4), between "writing" and "the", insert "and in a separate section".
(5) In SECTION 5 of the bill, in added Section 262.201(g-2), Family Code (page 2, line 11), between "writing" and the underlined colon, insert "and in a separate section".
(6) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 161.001, Family Code, is amended by adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:
(f) In a suit for termination of the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services, the court may not order termination of the parent-child relationship under Subsection (b)(1) unless the court finds by clear and convincing evidence and describes in writing with specificity in a separate section of the order that:
(1) the department made reasonable efforts to return the child to the parent before commencement of a trial on the merits and despite those reasonable efforts, a continuing danger remains in the home that prevents the return of the child to the parent; or
(2) reasonable efforts to return the child to the parent, including the requirement for the department to provide a family service plan to the parent, have been waived under Section 262.2015.
(g) In a suit for termination of the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services in which the department made reasonable efforts to return the child to the child's home but a continuing danger in the home prevented the child's return, the court shall include in a separate section of its order written findings describing with specificity the reasonable efforts the department made to return the child to the child's home.