Bill Text: TX HB764 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to verification of the unavailability of community day care before the Department of Family and Protective Services provides day-care assistance or services.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-08 - Referred to Health & Human Services [HB764 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB764-Engrossed.html
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| By: Guillen, Raymond, Lozano | H.B. No. 764 | |
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| relating to verification of the unavailability of community day | ||
| care before the Department of Family and Protective Services | ||
| provides day-care assistance or services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 264, Family Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 264.124 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 264.124. DAY CARE FOR FOSTER CHILD. (a) In this | ||
| section, "day care" means the assessment, care, training, | ||
| education, custody, treatment, or supervision of a foster child by | ||
| a person other than the child's foster parent for less than 24 hours | ||
| a day, but at least two hours a day, three or more days a week. | ||
| (b) The department, in accordance with executive | ||
| commissioner rule, shall implement a process to verify that each | ||
| foster parent who is seeking monetary assistance from the | ||
| department for day care for a foster child has attempted to find | ||
| appropriate day-care services for the foster child through | ||
| community services, including Head Start programs, prekindergarten | ||
| classes, and early education programs offered in public schools. | ||
| The department shall specify the documentation the foster parent | ||
| must provide to the department to demonstrate compliance with the | ||
| requirements established under this subsection. | ||
| (c) Unless the verification is waived as provided by this | ||
| subsection, the department may not provide monetary assistance to a | ||
| foster parent for day care for a foster child unless the department | ||
| receives the verification required under Subsection (b). The | ||
| department may waive the verification requirement as necessary to | ||
| make an emergency placement or as provided by department rule. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 264.755, Family Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) The department, in accordance with executive | ||
| commissioner rule, shall implement a process to verify that each | ||
| relative and designated caregiver who is seeking monetary | ||
| assistance or additional support services from the department for | ||
| day care as defined by Section 264.124 for a child under this | ||
| section has attempted to find appropriate day-care services for the | ||
| child through community services, including Head Start programs, | ||
| prekindergarten classes, and early education programs offered in | ||
| public schools. The department shall specify the documentation the | ||
| relative or designated caregiver must provide to the department to | ||
| demonstrate compliance with the requirements established under | ||
| this subsection. Unless the verification is waived as provided by | ||
| this subsection, the department may not provide monetary assistance | ||
| or additional support services to the relative or designated | ||
| caregiver for the day care unless the department receives the | ||
| required verification. The department may waive the verification | ||
| requirement as necessary to make an emergency placement or as | ||
| provided by department rule. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
