TITLE: Relating to the use of parental child safety placements.

SUMMARY: Relating to the use of parental child safety placements.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the use of parental child safety placements. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter L, Chapter 264, Family Code, is amended by adding Section 264.907 to read as follows: Sec. 264.907. USE OF PARENTAL CHILD SAFETY PLACEMENTS. (a) Notwithstanding other law, the department shall use a parental child safety placement in each case in which the department determines it is appropriate. (b) If the department determines that a parental child safety placement is not appropriate, the department shall record in writing in the child's case file the reasons the department determined a parental child safety placement was not appropriate. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.