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| 1 | 1 | 84R4757 YDB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Wu H.B. No. 656 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the payment of foster care costs. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 264.101(a), Family Code, is amended to | |
| 10 | 10 | read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (a) The department shall [may] pay the cost of foster care | |
| 12 | 12 | for a child: | |
| 13 | 13 | (1) for whom the department [has initiated a suit and] | |
| 14 | 14 | has been named managing conservator under an order rendered under | |
| 15 | 15 | this title, who is a resident of the state, and who has been placed | |
| 16 | 16 | [by the department] in a foster home or child-care institution, as | |
| 17 | 17 | defined by Chapter 42, Human Resources Code; or | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) who is under the placement and care of a state | |
| 19 | 19 | agency or political subdivision with which the department has | |
| 20 | 20 | entered into an agreement to reimburse the cost of care and | |
| 21 | 21 | supervision of the child. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |