Bill Text: TX HB576 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to medical examinations for certain children taken into possession by the Department of Family and Protective Services or another governmental entity.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-20 - Referred to Human Services [HB576 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB576-Introduced.html
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| By: González of El Paso | H.B. No. 576 | |
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| relating to medical examinations for certain children taken into | ||
| possession by the Department of Family and Protective Services or | ||
| another governmental entity. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 264, Family Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 264.1076 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 264.1076. MEDICAL EXAMINATION REQUIRED. (a) This | ||
| section applies only to a child who has been taken into possession | ||
| by the department or another governmental entity and remains in the | ||
| custody of the department or entity for more than 30 days. | ||
| (b) The department shall ensure that each child described by | ||
| Subsection (a) is examined by a physician not later than the 30th | ||
| day after the date the child is removed from the child's home. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 264.1076, Family Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, applies only to a child who is taken into possession by the | ||
| Department of Family and Protective Services or another | ||
| governmental entity on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
| child taken into possession by the Department of Family and | ||
| Protective Services or another governmental entity before the | ||
| effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
| date the child was taken into possession, and the former law is | ||
| continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
