81R5217 MCK-D
By: Davis, Wendy S.B. No. 983
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to providing certain documents and training to children in
the conservatorship of the state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 264.014, Family Code, is amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 264.014. PROVISION OF COPIES OF CERTAIN RECORDS.
(a) If, at the time a child is discharged from foster care, the
child is at least 18 years of age or has had the disabilities of
minority removed, the department shall provide to the child, not
later than the 30th day before [after] the date the child is
discharged from foster care, a copy of:
(1) the child's birth certificate;
(2) the child's immunization records; and
(3) the information contained in the child's health
passport.
(b) The department shall ensure that a child who is being
discharged from foster care obtains, not later than the 30th day
before the date the child is discharged from foster care:
(1) a personal identification certificate under
Chapter 521, Transportation Code;
(2) a social security card or a replacement social
security card, if appropriate; and
(3) proof of enrollment in Medicaid, if appropriate.
SECTION 2. (a) The Department of Family and Protective
Services, in cooperation with the Texas Education Agency and the
Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, shall develop a
plan to ensure that each child in conservatorship of the department
is provided the opportunity to complete a driver's education course
and to obtain a driver's license before the child leaves
conservatorship.
(b) Not later than December 1, 2010, the Department of
Family and Protective Services shall report to the legislature the
results of the plan under Subsection (a) of this section. The
report must include cost estimates for providing the driver's
education and methods for obtaining affordable liability insurance
for foster children.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
264.014, Family Code, apply to any child in the conservatorship of
the state on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.