88R10775 BDP-D
By: Harris of Williamson H.B. No. 4132
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the Department of Family and Protective
Services to adopt a process to allow a foster parent to donate a
foster care payment to the department.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 264, Family Code, is
amended by adding Section 264.131 to read as follows:
Sec. 264.131. DONATION OF FOSTER CARE PAYMENTS. (a) The
department shall adopt a policy to allow a foster parent to donate
to the department a payment made under Section 264.101.
(b) The department may use a donation authorized under this
section:
(1) in accordance with Section 264.101(e);
(2) to provide adoption assistance under Chapter 162;
or
(3) to provide any other assistance for a foster child
authorized by Title 5.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.