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| 1 | 1 | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 98 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the eligibility of a relative or other designated | |
| 7 | 7 | caregiver of a foster child for monetary assistance. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 264.760, Family Code, is amended to read | |
| 10 | 10 | as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 264.760. ELIGIBILITY FOR FOSTER CARE PAYMENTS AND | |
| 12 | 12 | PERMANENCY CARE ASSISTANCE. Notwithstanding any other provision of | |
| 13 | 13 | this subchapter, a relative or other designated caregiver [who | |
| 14 | 14 | becomes licensed by the department or verified by a licensed | |
| 15 | 15 | child-placing agency or the department to operate a foster home, | |
| 16 | 16 | foster group home, agency foster home, or agency foster group home | |
| 17 | 17 | under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code,] may elect to receive | |
| 18 | 18 | foster care payments in lieu of the benefits provided by this | |
| 19 | 19 | subchapter[, beginning with the first month in which the relative | |
| 20 | 20 | or other designated caregiver becomes licensed or is verified]. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |