83R20980 JSL-D
By: Turner of Harris, Rose H.B. No. 932
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 932:
By: Raymond C.S.H.B. No. 932
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the notification of certain legislators of the death of
a child in foster care.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 264, Family Code, is
amended by adding Section 264.0121 to read as follows:
Sec. 264.0121. NOTICE TO LEGISLATORS OF FOSTER CHILD'S
DEATH. Not later than the fifth day after the date the department
is notified of the death of a child for whom the department has been
appointed managing conservator, the department shall provide the
information described by Section 261.203(a) for the child to the
state senators and state representatives who represent:
(1) the county in which the child's placement at the
time of the child's death was located; and
(2) the county in which a suit affecting the
parent-child relationship involving the child is pending.
SECTION 2. 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.