Bill Text: TX SB351 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-15 - Left pending in committee [SB351 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB351-Introduced.html

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88R4786 MLH-D
By: Perry S.B. No. 351

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 262, Family Code, is
amended by adding Section 262.017 to read as follows:
Sec. 262.017. COUNTY RESPONSIBLE FOR CERTAIN HOUSING
EXPENSES. (a) In this section, "hotel" has the meaning assigned by
Section 792.001, Health and Safety Code.
(b) If a court orders the Department of Family and
Protective Services to provide temporary emergency care for a child
under Section 264.107(g) in a hotel or other unlicensed setting,
the county in which the court is located shall pay the expenses to
house the child in that location, including the cost for room and
board and the cost for department staff necessary to monitor the
child.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.