Bill Text: TX HB5044 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to communicating the foster children's bill of rights to a child and a process for reporting violations to the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Human Services [HB5044 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5044-Introduced.html
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By: Garcia | H.B. No. 5044 |
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relating to communicating the foster children's bill of rights to a | ||
child and a process for reporting violations to the Department of | ||
Family and Protective Services. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 263.008(c) and (g), Family Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) The department shall provide a written copy of the | ||
foster children's bill of rights to each child placed in foster care | ||
in the child's primary language, if possible, and shall inform the | ||
child of the rights described by the foster children's bill of | ||
rights: | ||
(1) orally in the child's primary language, if | ||
possible, and in simple, nontechnical terms that are | ||
developmentally appropriate and can reasonably be expected to | ||
result in successful communication with the child based on the | ||
child's age and development; [ |
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(2) in writing in a manner that is developmentally | ||
appropriate and utilizes language in a manner that can reasonably | ||
be expected to result in successful communication with the child | ||
based on the child's age and development; or | ||
(3) for a child who has a disability, including an | ||
impairment of vision or hearing, through any means that can | ||
reasonably be expected to result in successful communication with | ||
the child. | ||
(g) The department shall develop and implement a policy for | ||
receiving and handling reports that the rights of a child in foster | ||
care are not being observed. The department shall inform a child in | ||
foster care and, if appropriate, the child's parent, managing | ||
conservator, or guardian of the method for filing a report with the | ||
department under this subsection. Information provided to a child | ||
under this subsection must be communicated orally and in writing in | ||
a manner that is developmentally appropriate for each child and can | ||
reasonably be expected to result in successful communication with | ||
the child based on the child's age and development. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |