Texas 2021 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB567 Fiscal Note / Fiscal Note

Filed 03/05/2021

                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD     Austin, Texas       FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION             March 5, 2021       TO: Honorable Victoria Neave, Chair, House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB567 by Frank (Relating to the procedures and grounds for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.), As Introduced     No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend Family Code relating to the procedures and grounds for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS).  Based on the analysis of the Office of Court Administration (OCA) and information provided by DFPS, this analysis assumes there would be minimal costs associated with implementing the provisions of the bill that could be absorbed within current resources.  The bill would take effect September 1, 2021.  Local Government ImpactOCA and DFPS assumes there would be costs to local governments, due to the need to appoint attorneys earlier in the process and a potential for more hearings during the case.  Source Agencies: b > td > 212 Office of Court Admin, 530 Family & Protective Services  LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, DKn, JLi, AN

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 5, 2021

 

 

  TO: Honorable Victoria Neave, Chair, House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB567 by Frank (Relating to the procedures and grounds for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.), As Introduced   

TO: Honorable Victoria Neave, Chair, House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB567 by Frank (Relating to the procedures and grounds for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.), As Introduced

 Honorable Victoria Neave, Chair, House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues

 Honorable Victoria Neave, Chair, House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues

 Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board 

 Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board 

 HB567 by Frank (Relating to the procedures and grounds for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.), As Introduced 

 HB567 by Frank (Relating to the procedures and grounds for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.), As Introduced 



No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend Family Code relating to the procedures and grounds for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS).  Based on the analysis of the Office of Court Administration (OCA) and information provided by DFPS, this analysis assumes there would be minimal costs associated with implementing the provisions of the bill that could be absorbed within current resources.  The bill would take effect September 1, 2021.

The bill would amend Family Code relating to the procedures and grounds for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). 

Based on the analysis of the Office of Court Administration (OCA) and information provided by DFPS, this analysis assumes there would be minimal costs associated with implementing the provisions of the bill that could be absorbed within current resources. 

The bill would take effect September 1, 2021.

 Local Government Impact

OCA and DFPS assumes there would be costs to local governments, due to the need to appoint attorneys earlier in the process and a potential for more hearings during the case.

Source Agencies: b > td > 212 Office of Court Admin, 530 Family & Protective Services

212 Office of Court Admin, 530 Family & Protective Services

LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, DKn, JLi, AN

JMc, DKn, JLi, AN