| 1 | | - | By: Perry S.B. No. 566 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed January 20, 2017; February 8, 2017, |
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| 3 | | - | read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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| 4 | | - | March 6, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, |
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| 5 | | - | Nays 0; March 6, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | By: Perry, Huffines S.B. No. 566 |
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| 9 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 6 | | relating to the qualifications for a person conducting an adoption |
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| 12 | 7 | | evaluation. |
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| 13 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 107.154(b), Family Code, is amended to |
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| 15 | 10 | | read as follows: |
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| 16 | 11 | | (b) To be qualified to conduct an adoption evaluation under |
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| 17 | 12 | | this subchapter, a person must: |
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| 18 | 13 | | (1) have a degree from an accredited college or |
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| 19 | 14 | | university in a human services field of study and a license to |
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| 20 | 15 | | practice in this state as a social worker, professional counselor, |
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| 21 | 16 | | marriage and family therapist, or psychologist and: |
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| 22 | 17 | | (A) have one year of full-time experience working |
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| 23 | 18 | | at a child-placing agency conducting child-placing activities; or |
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| 24 | 19 | | (B) be practicing under the direct supervision of |
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| 25 | 20 | | a person qualified under this section to conduct adoption |
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| 26 | 21 | | evaluations; |
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| 27 | 22 | | (2) be employed by or under contract with a domestic |
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| 28 | 23 | | relations office, provided that the person conducts adoption |
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| 29 | 24 | | evaluations relating only to families ordered to participate in |
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| 30 | 25 | | adoption evaluations conducted by the domestic relations office; or |
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| 31 | 26 | | (3) be qualified as a child custody evaluator under |
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| 32 | 27 | | Section 107.104. |
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| 33 | 28 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 34 | 29 | | to an adoption evaluation conducted on or after the effective date |
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| 35 | 30 | | of this Act. An adoption evaluation conducted before the effective |
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| 36 | 31 | | date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the |
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| 37 | 32 | | evaluation was conducted, and the former law is continued in effect |
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| 38 | 33 | | for that purpose. |
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| 39 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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