By: Allen H.B. No. 3492
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain training for certain individuals who care for
children 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 264.015, Family Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (f), (g), and (h) to read as follows:
(f) The department shall require foster parents, adoptive
parents, kinship caregivers, department caseworkers, department
supervisors, and personnel at agencies that provide services to
children in the department's conservatorship to complete an annual
online eight-hour training course regarding nurturing the
emotional health and supporting the emotional well-being of
children, including instruction on attachment issues,
trauma-informed care, and emotional expression.
(g) In areas of the state where a single source continuum
contractor provides foster care or case management services, the
department shall ensure that the single source continuum contractor
carries out the training required by Subsection (f).
(h) The training required under Subsection (f) must be
offered in Spanish and English.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.