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