86R26406 EAS-D
By: Swanson, Frank, Klick, Oliverson, H.B. No. 1109
Minjarez, et al.
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1109:
By: Frank C.S.H.B. No. 1109
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to waiving certain minimum standards for substitute care
providers for children in the conservatorship of the Department of
Family and Protective Services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.042, Human Resources Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (t) to read as follows:
(t) The executive commissioner by rule shall grant to each
child-placing agency and each single source continuum contractor
the authority to waive certain minimum standards related to
preservice training, annual training, or other requirements that
are not directly related to caring for the child for:
(1) the child's foster or prospective adoptive parent;
or
(2) foster homes that have no citations or violations
reported to the commission.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.