| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 1780 |
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| 1 | + | By: Miller, Frank (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 1780 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019; |
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| 3 | + | May 8, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Health & |
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| 4 | + | Human Services; May 20, 2019, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | + | vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to the mandatory dismissal date of certain suits affecting |
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| 6 | 12 | | the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family |
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| 7 | 13 | | and Protective Services. |
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| 8 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Section 263.401, Family Code, is amended by |
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| 10 | 16 | | adding Subsection (b-2) to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 17 | | (b-2) When considering under Subsection (b) whether to find |
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| 12 | 18 | | that extraordinary circumstances necessitate the child remaining |
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| 13 | 19 | | in the temporary managing conservatorship of the department for a |
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| 14 | 20 | | case in which the court orders a parent to complete a substance |
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| 15 | 21 | | abuse treatment program, the court shall consider whether the |
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| 16 | 22 | | parent made a good faith effort to successfully complete the |
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| 17 | 23 | | program. |
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| 18 | 24 | | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 19 | 25 | | a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed on or after |
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| 20 | 26 | | the effective date of this Act. A suit affecting the parent-child |
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| 21 | 27 | | relationship filed before that date is governed by the law in effect |
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| 22 | 28 | | on the date the suit was filed, and that law is continued in effect |
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| 23 | 29 | | for that purpose. |
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| 24 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 25 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 26 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 27 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 1780 was passed by the House on May 3, |
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| 28 | | - | 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 29 | | - | voting. |
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| 30 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 31 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 32 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 1780 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 33 | | - | 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 34 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 35 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 36 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 37 | | - | Date |
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| 38 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 39 | | - | Governor |
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