| 1 | 1 | | By: Hull H.B. No. 44 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to medical examinations for certain children entering the |
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| 7 | 7 | | conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective |
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| 8 | 8 | | Services. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 264.1076, Family Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (i) to read as |
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| 12 | 12 | | follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (b-1) Only children described by Subsections (b)(1) and (2) |
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| 14 | 14 | | may receive an initial medical examination under Subsection (b). |
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| 15 | 15 | | (i) Not later than December 31, 2022 [2019], the department |
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| 16 | 16 | | shall submit a report to the standing committees of the house of |
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| 17 | 17 | | representatives and the senate with primary jurisdiction over child |
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| 18 | 18 | | protective services and foster care evaluating the statewide |
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| 19 | 19 | | implementation of the medical examination required by this section. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The report must include for each region of the state: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) the level of compliance with the requirements of |
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| 22 | 22 | | this section; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) the number of medical examinations conducted under |
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| 24 | 24 | | Subsection (b) and the reason for each medical examination [in each |
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| 25 | 25 | | region of the state]. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. Section 264.1076(b-1), Family Code, as added by |
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| 27 | 27 | | this Act, applies only to a child who enters the conservatorship of |
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| 28 | 28 | | the Department of Family and Protective Services on or after the |
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| 29 | 29 | | effective date of this Act. A child who enters the conservatorship |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the Department of Family and Protective Services before the |
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| 31 | 31 | | effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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| 32 | 32 | | date the child entered the conservatorship of the department, and |
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| 33 | 33 | | the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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| 35 | 35 | | last day of the legislative session. |
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