86R2075 MCK-D
By: Miller H.B. No. 1780
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the mandatory dismissal date of certain suits affecting
the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family
and Protective Services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 263.401, Family Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-2) to read as follows:
(b-2) When considering under Subsection (b) whether to find
that extraordinary circumstances necessitate the child remaining
in the temporary managing conservatorship of the department for a
case in which the court orders a parent to complete a substance
abuse treatment program, the court shall consider whether the
parent made a good faith effort to successfully complete the
program.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a
suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed before, on, or
after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.