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