88R13467 BDP-D
 
  By: Parker S.B. No. 1389
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to authorizing adoption assistance agreements for certain
  children after a final adoption order is rendered.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 162.304, Family Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (b-3) to read as follows:
         (b-3)  The department may enter into an adoption assistance
  agreement for a child after a court has entered a final order of
  adoption if the child:
               (1)  after the adoption is finalized, is diagnosed by
  the child's health care provider as having special needs; and
               (2)  would have qualified for adoption assistance under
  Subsection (a) if the child was determined to have special needs
  before the adoption.
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply to an
  adoption for which the final order is rendered before, on, or after
  the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.