86R4268 MM-F
By: Frank H.B. No. 2764
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to caregiver training 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. Sections 42.0537(a) and (b), Human Resources
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The department shall include a provision in each
contract with a child-placing agency with whom children in the
managing conservatorship of the department are placed that requires
the child-placing agency to provide [at least 35 hours of]
competency-based, preservice training to a potential caregiver
before the child-placing agency verifies or approves the caregiver
as a foster or adoptive home. The amount of training required by
this subsection may not exceed 35 hours.
(b) The department shall adopt policies to ensure that each
potential caregiver receives [at least 35 hours of]
competency-based, preservice training before the department
verifies or approves the caregiver as a foster or adoptive home.
The amount of training required by this subsection may not exceed 35
hours.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.