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H.B. No. 1549
1 date of the child's 16th birthday, if practicable. If the child is
2 placed in the managing conservatorship of the department after the
3 child's 16th birthday, the determination of intellectual
4 disability must be conducted as soon as possible after the
5 assessment required by Subsection (b). In this subsection,
6 "authorized provider" has the meaning assigned by Section 593.004,
7 Health and Safety Code.
8 SECTION 4. Subchapter B, Chapter 264, Family Code, is
9 amended by adding Section 264.1261 to read as follows:
10 Sec. 264.1261. FOSTER CARE CAPACITY NEEDS PLAN. (a) In
11 this section, "community-based foster care" means the redesigned
12 foster care services system required by Chapter 598 (S.B. 218),
13 Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011.
14 (b) Appropriate department management personnel from a
15 child protective services region in which community-based foster
16 care has not been implemented, in collaboration with foster care
17 providers, faith-based entities, and child advocates in that
18 region, shall use data collected by the department on foster care
19 capacity needs and availability of each type of foster care and
20 kinship placement in the region to create a plan to address the
21 substitute care capacity needs in the region. The plan must
22 identify both short-term and long-term goals and strategies for
23 addressing those capacity needs.
24 (c) A foster care capacity needs plan developed under
25 Subsection (b) must be:
26 (1) submitted to and approved by the commissioner; and
27 (2) updated annually.3
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1549, Chapter 822, legislative document, June 15, 2017; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1049662/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.