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| 1 | 1 | 89R2636 MLH-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Parker S.B. No. 1282 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to authorizing adoption assistance agreements for certain | |
| 10 | 10 | children after a final adoption order is rendered. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 162.304, Family Code, is amended by | |
| 13 | 13 | adding Subsection (b-3) to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (b-3) The department may enter into an adoption assistance | |
| 15 | 15 | agreement for a child after a court has entered a final order of | |
| 16 | 16 | adoption if the child: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) after the adoption is finalized, is diagnosed by | |
| 18 | 18 | the child's health care provider as having special needs; and | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) would have qualified for adoption assistance under | |
| 20 | 20 | Subsection (a) if the child was determined to have special needs | |
| 21 | 21 | before the adoption. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply to an | |
| 23 | 23 | adoption for which the final order is rendered before, on, or after | |
| 24 | 24 | the effective date of this Act. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. The Department of Family and Protective Services | |
| 26 | 26 | is required to implement a provision of this Act only if the | |
| 27 | 27 | legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If | |
| 28 | 28 | the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that | |
| 29 | 29 | purpose, the department may, but is not required to, implement a | |
| 30 | 30 | provision of this Act using other money available for that purpose. | |
| 31 | 31 | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |