Bill Text: TX SB1637 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to assisting foster children in obtaining and understanding the child's credit report.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-23 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1637 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1637-Introduced.html
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By: Davis | S.B. No. 1637 |
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relating to assisting foster children in obtaining and | ||
understanding the child's credit report. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 264, Family Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 264.016 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 264.016. CREDIT REPORT FOR FOSTER CHILD. The | ||
department shall ensure that each child in the managing | ||
conservatorship of the department who is 16 years of age or older: | ||
(1) obtains a free copy of the child's credit report in | ||
accordance with the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of | ||
2003 (Pub. L. No. 108-159) each year until the child is discharged | ||
from foster care; and | ||
(2) understands the report and the procedure for | ||
correcting inaccuracies in the report. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 264.016, Family Code, as added by this | ||
Act, applies to a child in the conservatorship of the Department of | ||
Family and Protective Services on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |