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TX HB3555
Bill
Status
2/28/2025
Primary Sponsor
Robert Guerra
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AI Summary
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Requires the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to establish and maintain an online donation registry for personal items needed by children entering foster care or changing placements
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Personal items donated and provided to children become the child's property and cannot be reclaimed by DFPS or retained by foster parents
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DFPS must develop procedures for storing and distributing donated personal items and may contract with a third party to operate the registry
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Authorizes DFPS to solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations from any source to support the registry program
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Mandates annual reports to the legislature summarizing supply inventory, inventory management practices, and the number of children who received personal items through the program
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Effective date: September 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Relating to the establishment of a donation registry by the Department of Family and Protective Services for providing personal items to children in the department's conservatorship.
FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Last Action
Referred to Human Services
3/25/2025