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| 1 | 1 | By: Nelson S.B. No. 425 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Farney, Raymond, Cortez) | |
| 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to foster care placement decisions made by the Department | |
| 8 | 8 | of Family and Protective Services. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subsection (e), Section 264.107, Family Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (e) In making placement decisions, the department shall: | |
| 13 | 13 | (1) except when making an emergency placement that | |
| 14 | 14 | does not allow time for the required consultations, consult with | |
| 15 | 15 | the child's caseworker, [and the child's] attorney ad litem, and | |
| 16 | 16 | guardian ad litem and with any[, or] court-appointed volunteer | |
| 17 | 17 | advocate for the child [when possible]; and | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) use clinical protocols to match a child to the most | |
| 19 | 19 | appropriate placement resource. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. Subsection (e), Section 264.107, Family Code, as | |
| 21 | 21 | amended by this Act, applies only to a foster care placement | |
| 22 | 22 | decision made by the Department of Family and Protective Services | |
| 23 | 23 | on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |