82R22195 EES-F
	By: Giddings	H.B. No. 3839
	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3839:
	By:  Jackson	C.S.H.B. No. 3839

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the grounds for modification of a child support order.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 156.401(a), Family Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (a-1) or (b), the court
	may modify an order that provides for the support of a child,
	including an order for health care coverage under Section 154.182,
	if:
	(1)  the circumstances of the child or a person
	affected by the order have materially and substantially changed
	since the earlier of:
	(A)  the date of the order's rendition; or
	(B)  the date of the signing of a mediated or
	collaborative law settlement agreement on which the order is based;
	or
	(2)  it has been two [three] years since the order was
	rendered or last modified and the monthly amount of the child
	support award under the order differs by either 10 [20] percent or
	$50 [$100] from the amount that would be awarded in accordance with
	the child support guidelines.
	SECTION 2.  Section 233.013(b), Family Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(b)  If it has been two [three] years since a child support
	order was rendered or last modified and the amount of the child
	support award under the order differs by either 10 [20] percent or
	$50 [$100] from the amount that would be awarded under the child
	support guidelines, the Title IV-D agency shall file an appropriate
	child support review order, including an order that has the effect
	of modifying an existing court or administrative order for child
	support without the necessity of filing a motion to modify.
	SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act to Section
	156.401, Family Code, applies only to a suit for modification
	pending before a trial court on or filed on or after the effective
	date of this Act.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.