Bill Text: TX HB2969 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 2969

Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting a maximum age or age differential for prospective adoptive parents.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-11 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB2969 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2969-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 2969




	AN ACT
	relating to prohibiting a maximum age or age differential for
	prospective adoptive parents.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 162, Family Code, is
	amended by adding Section 162.604 to read as follows:
	Sec. 162.604. MAXIMUM AGE RESTRICTION FOR ADOPTIVE PARENTS
	PROHIBITED. (a) The Department of Family and Protective Services,
	a single source continuum contractor, or a licensed child-placing
	agency that places a child for adoption may not implement or enforce
	a policy that:
	(1) sets a maximum age for any prospective adoptive
	parent; or
	(2) sets a maximum age differential between a child
	and any prospective adoptive parent.
	(b) Subject to Subsection (a), the Department of Family and
	Protective Services, a single source continuum contractor, or a
	licensed child-placing agency may consider the health and expected
	lifespan of each prospective adoptive parent when determining the
	best interest of a child.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 2969 was passed by the House on May 9,
	2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 2, 2 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 2969 was passed by the Senate on May
	23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor