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| 1 | 1 | 89R3638 RAL-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 707 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the use of parental child safety placements. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter L, Chapter 264, Family Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Section 264.908 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 264.908. USE OF PARENTAL CHILD SAFETY PLACEMENTS. (a) | |
| 14 | 14 | Notwithstanding other law, the department shall use a parental | |
| 15 | 15 | child safety placement in each case in which the department | |
| 16 | 16 | determines it is appropriate. | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) If the department determines that a parental child | |
| 18 | 18 | safety placement is not appropriate, the department shall: | |
| 19 | 19 | (1) record in writing in the child's case file the | |
| 20 | 20 | reasons the department determined a parental child safety placement | |
| 21 | 21 | was not appropriate; and | |
| 22 | 22 | (2) notify the child's state representative and state | |
| 23 | 23 | senator about the department's decision and the reasons the | |
| 24 | 24 | department determined a parental child safety placement was not | |
| 25 | 25 | appropriate. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |