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| 1 | 1 | 89R2637 MLH-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Parker S.B. No. 829 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to requiring the Department of Family and Protective | |
| 10 | 10 | Services to annually review the department's process to enter into | |
| 11 | 11 | adoption assistance agreements. | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1. Section 162.304, Family Code, is amended by | |
| 14 | 14 | adding Subsection (k) to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | (k) The department shall annually review the process the | |
| 16 | 16 | department uses to enter into adoption assistance agreements under | |
| 17 | 17 | this section. As part of its review, the department shall consider: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) the amount of money the department has available | |
| 19 | 19 | for adoption assistance agreements; | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) the maximum amount the department is authorized to | |
| 21 | 21 | pay as a subsidy under this section and the factors the department | |
| 22 | 22 | considers in determining that amount; and | |
| 23 | 23 | (3) the factors the department considers in | |
| 24 | 24 | determining a child's eligibility for a subsidy under this section. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |