Bill Text: TX HB53 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the transitional living services program for certain youth in foster care.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB53 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB53-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 53 |
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relating to the transitional living services program for certain | ||
youth in foster care. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 264.121(a-2) and (f), Family Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a-2) The experiential life-skills training under | ||
Subsection (a-1) must include: | ||
(1) a financial literacy education program developed | ||
in collaboration with the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner | ||
and the State Securities Board that: | ||
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credit score; | ||
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improving a credit score; | ||
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practices; | ||
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financial goals through prudent financial management practices; | ||
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accounting skills, including balancing a checkbook; | ||
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responsibly; | ||
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items withheld from a paycheck; [ |
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(viii) understanding the time requirements | ||
and process for filing federal taxes; | ||
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and personally identifying information in personal and | ||
professional relationships and online; | ||
(x) forms of identity and credit theft; and | ||
(xi) using insurance to protect against the | ||
risk of financial loss; and | ||
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income to: | ||
(i) establish a savings plan and, if | ||
available, a savings account that the youth can independently | ||
manage; and | ||
(ii) prepare a monthly budget that includes | ||
the following expenses: | ||
(a) rent based on the monthly rent for | ||
an apartment advertised for lease during the preceding month; | ||
(b) utilities based on a reasonable | ||
utility bill in the area in which the youth resides; | ||
(c) telephone service based on a | ||
reasonable bill for telephone service in the area in which the youth | ||
resides; | ||
(d) Internet service based on a | ||
reasonable bill for Internet service in the area in which the youth | ||
resides; and | ||
(e) other reasonable monthly | ||
expenses; and | ||
(2) for youth who are 17 years of age or older, lessons | ||
related to: | ||
(A) insurance, including applying for and | ||
obtaining automobile insurance and residential property insurance, | ||
including tenants insurance; and | ||
(B) civic engagement, including the process for | ||
registering to vote, the places to vote, and resources for | ||
information regarding upcoming elections. | ||
(f) The department shall require a person with whom the | ||
department contracts for transitional living services for foster | ||
youth to provide or assist youth in obtaining: | ||
(1) housing services; | ||
(2) job training and employment services; | ||
(3) college preparation services; | ||
(4) services that will assist youth in obtaining a | ||
general education development certificate; | ||
(5) services that will assist youth in developing | ||
skills in food preparation; | ||
(6) nutrition education that promotes healthy food | ||
choices; | ||
(7) a savings or checking account if the youth is at | ||
least 18 years of age and has a source of income; | ||
(8) mental health services; | ||
(9) financial literacy education and civic engagement | ||
lessons required under Subsection (a-2); and | ||
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service identified by the department. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a person who enters into a contract with the Department of Family | ||
and Protective Services to provide transitional living services for | ||
foster youth on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 53 was passed by the House on April | ||
12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 53 was passed by the Senate on May 22, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |