TITLE: Relating to foster care payments for certain children.

SUMMARY: Relating to foster care payments for certain children.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to foster care payments for certain children. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 264.101(a-2), Family Code, is amended to read as follows: (a-2) The department shall continue to pay the cost of foster care under: (1) Subsection (a-1)(1) until:(A) the last day of the third full month after the date the child receives a high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate; or (B) the last day of the month in which the child attains the age of 22 if the child has not received a high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate;and (2) Subsections (a-1)(2)-(5) until the last day of the month the child attains the age of 21. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to foster care payments for a child who is in foster care on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.