By: White, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Miles) H.B. No. 3338
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2017;
May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
Human Services; May 17, 2017, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 17, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of identification documentation for foster
care youth.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 264, Family Code, is
amended by adding Section 264.1211 to read as follows:
Sec. 264.1211. RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS FOR CHILDREN AGING OUT
OF FOSTER CARE. The department in cooperation with volunteer
advocates from a charitable organization described by Subchapter C,
Chapter 107, and the Department of Public Safety shall develop
procedures to ensure that a foster child obtains a driver's license
or personal identification card before the child leaves the
conservatorship of the department.
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, 2017.
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