Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2983 Compare Versions

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1		-	By: Hull, Frank, Gates H.B. No. 2983
	1	+	87R8910 BDP-D
	2	+	By: Hull, Frank H.B. No. 2983
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4	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	6		AN ACT
6	7		relating to medical examinations for certain children entering the
7	8		conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective
8	9		Services.
9	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	11		SECTION 1. Section 264.1076, Family Code, is amended by
11		-	amending Subsections (b) and (i) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
12		-	read as follows:
13		-	(b) The department shall ensure that each child described by
14		-	Subsection (a) receives an initial medical examination from a
15		-	physician or other health care provider authorized under state law
16		-	to conduct medical examinations not later than the end of the third
17		-	business day after the date the child is removed from the child's
18		-	home, if the child:
19		-	(1) is removed as the result of sexual abuse, physical
20		-	abuse, or an obvious physical injury to the child; or
21		-	(2) has a known or suspected chronic medical
22		-	condition, [a] medically complex condition, or [a] diagnosed mental
23		-	illness.
	12	+	adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (i) to read as
	13	+	follows:
24	14		(b-1) Only children described by Subsections (b)(1) and (2)
25	15		may receive an initial medical examination under Subsection (b).
26	16		(i) Not later than December 31, 2022 [2019], the department
27	17		shall submit a report to the standing committees of the house of
28	18		representatives and the senate with primary jurisdiction over child
29	19		protective services and foster care evaluating the statewide
30	20		implementation of the medical examination required by this section.
31	21		The report must include for each region of the state:
32	22		(1) the level of compliance with the requirements of
33	23		this section; and
34	24		(2) the number of medical examinations conducted under
35	25		Subsection (b) and the reason for each medical examination [in each
36	26		region of the state].
37	27		SECTION 2. Section 264.1076(b-1), Family Code, as added by
38	28		this Act, applies only to a child who enters the conservatorship of
39	29		the Department of Family and Protective Services on or after the
40	30		effective date of this Act. A child who enters the conservatorship
41	31		of the Department of Family and Protective Services before the
42	32		effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
43	33		date the child entered the conservatorship of the department, and
44	34		the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
45	35		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.