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| 1 | 1 | 85R2173 YDB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Farrar H.B. No. 2602 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the appointment of an attorney general liaison for each | |
| 8 | 8 | regional office of the Department of Family and Protective | |
| 9 | 9 | Services. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 402, Government Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Section 402.040 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 402.040. CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES LIAISON. For each | |
| 14 | 14 | regional office of the Department of Family and Protective Services | |
| 15 | 15 | that provides child protective services, the attorney general shall | |
| 16 | 16 | appoint an employee to serve as a liaison to the department for that | |
| 17 | 17 | regional office. The liaison shall: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) serve as a point of contact for the attorney | |
| 19 | 19 | general's office to increase communication between the regional | |
| 20 | 20 | office and the attorney general's office; | |
| 21 | 21 | (2) provide assistance to the regional office in | |
| 22 | 22 | locating absent parents of children in the managing conservatorship | |
| 23 | 23 | of the department; and | |
| 24 | 24 | (3) provide to the regional office information in the | |
| 25 | 25 | attorney general's child support database that will enable the | |
| 26 | 26 | regional office to locate absent parents of children in the | |
| 27 | 27 | managing conservatorship of the department. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |