85R25501 MCK-D
By: Swanson H.B. No. 3559
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3559:
By: Miller C.S.H.B. No. 3559
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reimbursement of foster parents and certain former
foster children for expenses related to obtaining or renewing a
driver's license and obtaining insurance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 264, Family Code, is
amended by adding Section 264.1252 to read as follows:
Sec. 264.1252. REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES RELATING TO
OBTAINING OR RENEWING A DRIVER'S LICENSE AND OBTAINING INSURANCE.
(a) The department shall reimburse a foster parent for any monetary
expenses relating to obtaining:
(1) a driver's license for a foster child, including
the cost for completing a driver education course required by
Section 521.1601, Transportation Code, and the driver's license
fee; and
(2) liability insurance for the foster child that
meets the minimum requirements of Subchapter D, Chapter 601,
Transportation Code.
(b) The department shall reimburse a former foster child
younger than 21 years of age for any monetary expenses relating to:
(1) obtaining or renewing a driver's license,
including the cost for completing a driver education course
required by Section 521.1601, Transportation Code, and the driver's
license fee; and
(2) obtaining liability insurance that meets the
minimum requirements of Subchapter D, Chapter 601, Transportation
Code.
(c) Subsection (b) applies only to a former foster child who
was in the conservatorship of the department on the day preceding
the former foster child's 18th birthday.
(d) A person entitled to reimbursement for expenses under
this section must provide the department with receipts for the
expenses to receive reimbursement.
SECTION 2. Section 264.1252, Family Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to an expense relating to obtaining a driver's
license or insurance for a foster child or obtaining or renewing a
driver's license or obtaining insurance for a former foster child
incurred on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.