85R6722 JSC-D
By: Perry S.B. No. 566
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the qualifications for a person conducting an adoption
evaluation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 107.154(b), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) To be qualified to conduct an adoption evaluation under
this subchapter, a person must:
(1) have a degree from an accredited college or
university in a human services field of study and a license to
practice in this state as a social worker, professional counselor,
marriage and family therapist, or psychologist and:
(A) have one year of full-time experience working
at a child-placing agency conducting child-placing activities; or
(B) be practicing under the direct supervision of
a person qualified under this section to conduct adoption
evaluations;
(2) be employed by or under contract with a domestic
relations office, provided that the person conducts adoption
evaluations relating only to families ordered to participate in
adoption evaluations conducted by the domestic relations office; or
(3) be qualified as a child custody evaluator under
Section 107.104.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an adoption evaluation conducted on or after the effective date
of this Act. An adoption evaluation conducted before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
evaluation was conducted, and the former law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.