88R12585 AMF-F
By: Garcia, Rose, Lozano, Shaheen, H.B. No. 3189
A. Johnson of Harris
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to information provided to an individual identified as a
potential relative or designated caregiver of a child in the
conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective
Services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 262.1095(b), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The information provided under Subsection (a) must:
(1) state that the child has been removed from the
child's home and is in the temporary managing conservatorship of
the department;
(2) explain the options available to the individual to
participate in the care and placement of the child and the support
of the child's family, the methods by which the individual may
exercise those options, and any requirements the individual must
satisfy to exercise those options, including:
(A) the requirement that the individual be
evaluated by the Department of Family and Protective Services under
Section 262.114 before the individual may serve as a substitute
caregiver and an explanation of the minimum living standards used
to evaluate the individual's home under the home study required by
Section 262.114(a), including:
(i) requirements regarding appropriate
sleeping arrangements for the child;
(ii) spatial requirements for the home,
including any play spaces; and
(iii) any exceptions to the minimum living
standards that may be made based on the child's age, the child's
needs, or the individual's capacity to reasonably comply; and
(B) the deadlines before which the individual
must respond to exercise those options;
(3) identify the options available to the individual
that may be lost if the individual fails to respond in a timely
manner;
(4) include, if applicable, the date, time, and
location of the hearing under Subchapter C, Chapter 263; and
(5) include information regarding the procedures and
timeline for a suit affecting the parent-child relationship under
this chapter.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.