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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring the Department of Family and Protective |
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Services to annually review the department's process to enter into |
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adoption assistance agreements. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 162.304, Family Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (k) to read as follows: |
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(k) The department shall annually review the process the |
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department uses to enter into adoption assistance agreements under |
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this section. As part of its review, the department shall consider: |
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(1) the amount of money the department has available |
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for adoption assistance agreements; |
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(2) the maximum amount the department is authorized to |
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pay as a subsidy under this section and the factors the department |
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considers in determining that amount; and |
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(3) the factors the department considers in |
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determining a child's eligibility for a subsidy under this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |