| TX | SB135 | Pass | Relating to recording the status of certain home studies performed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23 |
| TX | SB614 | Pass | Relating to certain procedures relating to children placed under a parental child safety placement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23 |
| TX | SB718 | Pass | Relating to additional periods of possession of or access to a child to compensate for denial of court-ordered possession or access.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23 |
| TX | SB780 | Pass | Relating to emergency possession of certain abandoned children by designated emergency infant care providers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23 |
| TX | SB1379 | Pass | Relating to a pilot program to increase the financial independence of foster youth who are transitioning to independent living.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23 |
| TX | SB24 | Pass | Relating to the powers and duties of the Health and Human Services Commission and the transfer to the commission of certain powers and duties from the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23 |
| TX | SB1849 | Pass | Relating to an interagency reportable conduct search engine, standards for a person's removal from the employee misconduct registry and eligibility for certification as certain Texas Juvenile Justice Department officers and employees, and the use of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23 |
| TX | SB1930 | Pass | Relating to policies and procedures regarding children placed by the Department of Family and Protective Services in a residential treatment center or qualified residential treatment program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23 |
| TX | SB2120 | Pass | Relating to the establishment of a family protection representation program within the Texas Indigent Defense Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23 |
| TX | SB1447 | Pass | Relating to a training program for persons investigating suspected child abuse or neglect.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-02
Effective on 9/1/23 |
| TX | SB2109 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the appointment of a guardian ad litem in certain suits filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-24
Placed on intent calendar |
| TX | SB515 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to investigations of child abuse and neglect and the procedures for adding names to or removing names from the central registry of child abuse and neglect.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-23
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | SB1864 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to certain placements for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-23
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | SB1853 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to certain procedures in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship for a child placed in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and the provision of family preservation services and community-based foste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-23
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | SB2548 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the procedures for the removal of certain children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-23
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | SB2591 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the appointment of the Department of Family and Protective Services and a child's parent or legal guardian as joint managing conservators for the child.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-23
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | SB1269 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to admissibility and disclosure of certain evidence in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-22
Postponed 4/21/24 10:00 AM |
| TX | SB1469 | Pass | Relating to requiring certain information before being employed by a child-care facility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-19
Effective on 9/1/23 |
| TX | SB885 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the grounds for terminating and reinstating a person's parental rights and the adoption of certain children.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
To House Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Committee |
| TX | SB2009 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to access to certain information in the adoption process.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-15
To House Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB1389 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to authorizing adoption assistance agreements for certain children after a final adoption order is rendered.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-26
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB2423 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to required reporting by the Department of Family and Protective Services regarding youth in the managing conservatorship of the department who attempt suicide.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB2417 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to a study on the effects of providing child life specialist services to certain individuals who receive supportive palliative care.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB2343 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to emergency possession of certain abandoned children by designated emergency infant care providers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB2456 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the provision of affordable housing by certain housing authorities for youth aging out of foster care.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
To Senate Local Government Committee |
| TX | SB2562 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the procedures for the removal of certain children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB2022 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the liability of entities contracted with the Department of Family and Protective Services to provide community-based care or child welfare services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB2103 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to transferring certain investigations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation to the Health and Human Services Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB1330 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the exchange of certain information between the Department of Family and Protective Services or certain foster care services contractors and a state or local juvenile justice agency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB1384 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the establishment of the child first grant program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB1472 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the central registry of names of individuals found to have abused or neglected a child.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
To Senate Education Committee |
| TX | SB1473 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to criminal history record information and certain registry information accessible to certain educational and child-care entities and information required for employment in certain child-care facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
To Senate Education Committee |
| TX | SB1611 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the definitions of abuse and neglect of a child.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB1690 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to prohibiting the conservatorship of a child by a parent who removes the child from this state for certain purposes relating to gender reassignment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
To Senate State Affairs Committee |
| TX | SB351 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to responsibility for certain expenses incurred to temporarily house a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services in a hotel.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-15
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB1163 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the procedures and notice required before an individual's name is added to the central child abuse or neglect registry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-15
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB1162 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the procedures for removing names from the central registry of child abuse and neglect.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-15
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB1197 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to hospital reporting requirements regarding suspected child abuse, exploitation, or neglect; authorizing an administrative penalty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-15
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB1165 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the collection and confidentiality of information regarding weapons in agency foster homes; creating a civil penalty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-09
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB908 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to monetary assistance provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services to certain relative or designated caregivers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-03
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB937 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to eligibility for tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain students who were under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-03
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| TX | SB455 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the measures to encourage eligible students to claim certain tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for students who are or have been in foster or other residential care.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| TX | SB673 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the reporting and investigating certain causes of child abuse or neglect involving a pregnant woman's use of a controlled substance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB181 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the authority of the Health and Human Services Commission's office of the ombudsman to resolve complaints against the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-15
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB137 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to a counseling and crisis management program for relative or other designated caregivers and children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-15
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB77 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to notice of the health of children attending a child-care facility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-15
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB107 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the eligibility of a relative or other designated caregiver of a foster child for monetary assistance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-15
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB50 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to foster care placement in and the licensing of certain residential child-care facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-15
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB362 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the terminology used in statute to refer to intellectual disability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-15
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB388 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to court orders to aid an investigation by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-15
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
