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By: Farrar H.B. No. 2602
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appointment of an attorney general liaison for each
regional office of the Department of Family and Protective
Services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 402, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 402.040 to read as follows:
Sec. 402.040. CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES LIAISON. For each
regional office of the Department of Family and Protective Services
that provides child protective services, the attorney general shall
appoint an employee to serve as a liaison to the department for that
regional office. The liaison shall:
(1) serve as a point of contact for the attorney
general's office to increase communication between the regional
office and the attorney general's office;
(2) provide assistance to the regional office in
locating absent parents of children in the managing conservatorship
of the department; and
(3) provide to the regional office information in the
attorney general's child support database that will enable the
regional office to locate absent parents of children in the
managing conservatorship of the department.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.