83R8410 JSL-F
By: Strama H.B. No. 2111
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the inclusion of food and nutrition instruction in the
transitional living services program for certain youth in foster
care.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 264.121(f), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(f) The department shall require a person with whom the
department contracts for transitional living services for foster
youth to provide or assist youth in obtaining:
(1) housing services;
(2) job training and employment services;
(3) college preparation services;
(4) services that will assist youth in obtaining a
general education development certificate; [and]
(5) services that will assist youth in developing
skills in food preparation;
(6) nutrition education that promotes healthy food
choices; and
(7) [(5)] any other appropriate transitional living
service identified by the department.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a person who enters into a contract with the Department of Family
and Protective Services to provide transitional living services for
foster youth on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.