88R5619 MLH-D
By: Sherman, Sr. H.B. No. 897
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to payments made to certain foster parents.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 264.101, Family Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows:
(a-3) In addition to the daily foster care reimbursement
rate paid to a foster parent under this section, the department
shall pay an additional amount equal to 40 percent of the daily
foster care reimbursement rate paid to the foster parent if the
foster parent:
(1) cares for a foster child who is 16 years of age or
younger; and
(2) has an adjusted household income that does not
exceed 150 percent of the current federal poverty guidelines for
the relevant household size.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.