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Amend HB 2794 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 2, lines 5 and 6, strike "Sections 107.031(a) and (b), Family Code, are amended" and substitute "Section 107.031, Family Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (a-1)".
(2) On page 2, between lines 21 and 22, insert the following:
(a-1) A court that appoints a guardian ad litem under Subsection (a) shall prioritize appointments in suits described by Subsection (a)(1). A court may not appoint a guardian ad litem in a suit described by Subsection (a)(2) unless, at the time the court considers the appointment, each suit before the court described by Subsection (a)(1) for which a guardian ad litem may be appointed has received an appointment.
(3) On page 3, line 8, strike "and (g-4)" and substitute "(g-4), (g-5), and (g-6)".
(4) On page 3, line 10, strike "The" and substitute "Subject to Section 107.031(a-1), the".
(5) On page 3, strike lines 18 through 22 and substitute the following:
Subchapter C; or
(2) an attorney appointed in a dual role.
(6) On page 4, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
(g-5) In a suit filed under this section, a parent retains the parent's legal and parental rights and it is a rebuttable presumption that:
(1) a parent acts in the best interest of the parent's child; and
(2) it is in the best interest of a child to be in the care, custody, and control of a parent.
(g-6) A charitable organization composed of volunteer advocates or an individual volunteer advocate appointed as guardian ad litem for a child under Subsection (g-1):
(1) shall consider the presumptions under Subsection (g-5) before making any recommendation to the court; and
(2) may not recommend the court order removal of the child from the child's parent.