85R1582 YDB-F
By: West S.B. No. 530
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authorization of monetary assistance and support
services for caregivers of children in parental child safety
placements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter L, Chapter 264, Family Code, is
amended by adding Section 264.907 to read as follows:
Sec. 264.907. CAREGIVER ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT. (a) The
department may, subject to the availability of funds, enter into a
caregiver assistance agreement with a caregiver to provide monetary
assistance and additional support services to the caregiver. The
monetary assistance and support services must be based on the
caregiver's and child's needs, as determined by rules adopted by the
executive commissioner.
(b) The department may agree to provide to a caregiver in an
agreement under this section any monetary assistance or additional
support services that may be provided in a caregiver assistance
agreement under Section 264.755.
SECTION 2. The executive commissioner of the Health and
Human Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to
implement Section 264.907, Family Code, as added by this Act, not
later than December 1, 2017.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.