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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to foster care placement in and the licensing of certain |
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residential child-care facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 264.107, Family Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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(h) The department by rule shall establish guidelines for |
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the placement of a child in a residential child-care facility at |
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which a preventable death, as defined by Section 264.501, of a child |
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in the managing conservatorship of the department occurred. |
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SECTION 2. Section 42.046, Human Resources Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows: |
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(e-1) The commission shall deny an application under this |
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section if: |
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(1) the applicant operated a residential child-care |
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facility at which a preventable death, as defined by Section |
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264.501, Family Code, of a child in the managing conservatorship of |
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the department occurred; and |
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(2) the commission terminated a contract with the |
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residential child-care facility as the result of the preventable |
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death. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Section |
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42.046, Human Resources Code, apply only to an application for a |
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license submitted to the Health and Human Services Commission on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |