85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3859, Chapter 1152 Page: 5 of 15
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H.B. No. 3859
1 provider to surrender the rights created by this chapter.Sec. 45.005.
SECONDARY
SERVICES
PROVIDERS
AND REFERRALS.
3 (a)
A child welfare services provider
may not be required
provide any service that conflicts with the provider's sincerely
5 held religious beliefs.
(b) A governmental entity or any person that operates under
7 governmental authority to refer or place children for child welfare
services shall:
(1) ensure that a secondary child welfare services
provider is available in that catchment area to provide a service11 described by Subsection (a) to a child; or
(2) if there is an insufficient
number
of secondary
13 services providers willing or available in that catchment area to
provide that service, provide for one or more secondary services
providers in a nearby catchment area.
(c) A child welfare services provider who declines to
provide a child welfare service as authorized by this section
shall:
(1) provide to the person seeking the service written
information directing the person to:
(A) the web page on the department's Internet
website that includes a list of other licensed child welfare
services providers; or
(B) other information sources that identify
other licensed child welfare services providers who provide the26 service being denied;
(2) refer the applicant to another licensed
child
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3859, Chapter 1152, legislative document, June 15, 2017; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1049618/m1/5/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.