| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 3145 |
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| 1 | + | By: Toth (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 3145 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2019; |
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| 3 | + | May 14, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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| 4 | + | Affairs; May 19, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | + | Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 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 right of a parent appointed as a conservator of a |
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| 6 | 12 | | child to attend school activities. |
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| 7 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 153.073(a), Family Code, is amended to |
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| 9 | 15 | | read as follows: |
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| 10 | 16 | | (a) Unless limited by court order, a parent appointed as a |
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| 11 | 17 | | conservator of a child has at all times the right: |
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| 12 | 18 | | (1) to receive information from any other conservator |
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| 13 | 19 | | of the child concerning the health, education, and welfare of the |
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| 14 | 20 | | child; |
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| 15 | 21 | | (2) to confer with the other parent to the extent |
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| 16 | 22 | | possible before making a decision concerning the health, education, |
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| 17 | 23 | | and welfare of the child; |
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| 18 | 24 | | (3) of access to medical, dental, psychological, and |
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| 19 | 25 | | educational records of the child; |
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| 20 | 26 | | (4) to consult with a physician, dentist, or |
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| 21 | 27 | | psychologist of the child; |
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| 22 | 28 | | (5) to consult with school officials concerning the |
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| 23 | 29 | | child's welfare and educational status, including school |
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| 24 | 30 | | activities; |
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| 25 | 31 | | (6) to attend school activities, including school |
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| 26 | 32 | | lunches, performances, and field trips; |
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| 27 | 33 | | (7) to be designated on the child's records as a person |
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| 28 | 34 | | to be notified in case of an emergency; |
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| 29 | 35 | | (8) to consent to medical, dental, and surgical |
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| 30 | 36 | | treatment during an emergency involving an immediate danger to the |
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| 31 | 37 | | health and safety of the child; and |
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| 32 | 38 | | (9) to manage the estate of the child to the extent the |
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| 33 | 39 | | estate has been created by the parent or the parent's family. |
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| 34 | 40 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 35 | 41 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 36 | 42 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 37 | 43 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 38 | 44 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 39 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 40 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 41 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 3145 was passed by the House on May |
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| 42 | | - | 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 43 | | - | voting. |
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| 44 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 46 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 3145 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 47 | | - | 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 48 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 50 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 51 | | - | Date |
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| 52 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 53 | | - | Governor |
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| 45 | + | * * * * * |
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