Bill Text: TX SB829 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 829

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to requiring the Department of Family and Protective Services to annually review the department's process to enter into adoption assistance agreements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-13 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB829 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB829-Introduced.html

	89R2637 MLH-D

	By: Parker	S.B. No. 829



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to requiring the Department of Family and Protective
	Services to annually review the department's process to enter into
	adoption assistance agreements.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 162.304, Family Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
	(k) The department shall annually review the process the
	department uses to enter into adoption assistance agreements under
	this section. As part of its review, the department shall consider:
	(1) the amount of money the department has available
	for adoption assistance agreements;
	(2) the maximum amount the department is authorized to
	pay as a subsidy under this section and the factors the department
	considers in determining that amount; and
	(3) the factors the department considers in
	determining a child's eligibility for a subsidy under this section.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.