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| 1 | 1 | 89R10295 DNC-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Middleton S.B. No. 1792 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the emergency possession of certain abandoned children | |
| 10 | 10 | by designated emergency infant care providers and the termination | |
| 11 | 11 | of parental rights to those children. | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1. Section 262.302, Family Code, is amended by | |
| 14 | 14 | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | |
| 15 | 15 | follows: | |
| 16 | 16 | (a) A designated emergency infant care provider shall, | |
| 17 | 17 | without a court order, take possession of a child who appears to be | |
| 18 | 18 | younger than one year [60 days] old [or younger] if: | |
| 19 | 19 | (1) the child is voluntarily delivered to the provider | |
| 20 | 20 | by the child's parent by: | |
| 21 | 21 | (A) leaving the child with an employee of the | |
| 22 | 22 | provider; or | |
| 23 | 23 | (B) placing the child in a newborn safety device | |
| 24 | 24 | located inside the provider's facilities; and | |
| 25 | 25 | (2) the parent did not express an intent to return for | |
| 26 | 26 | the child. | |
| 27 | 27 | (a-1) A parent who voluntarily delivers the parent's child | |
| 28 | 28 | to a designated emergency infant care provider under Subsection (a) | |
| 29 | 29 | is considered to have voluntarily relinquished the parent's | |
| 30 | 30 | parental rights to the child. | |
| 31 | 31 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |