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TX SB545
Bill
Status
12/6/2024
Primary Sponsor
Jose Menendez
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AI Summary
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Creates a new licensing procedure through the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) for relative and designated caregivers to receive foster care payments, as an alternative to becoming verified through a licensed child-placing agency
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Requires the executive commissioner to adopt rules establishing basic safety requirements for the new caregiver licensing procedure to ensure child safety
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Mandates DFPS inform caregivers entering caregiver assistance agreements about three options: becoming verified as an agency foster home, the new licensing procedures, and the permanency care assistance program
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Allows foster care payments to begin the first month a caregiver becomes licensed or verified, replacing standard caregiver assistance benefits under the subchapter
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Prohibits kinship providers receiving foster care payments under the new licensing pathway from also receiving permanency care assistance benefits, effective September 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Relating to the licensing of relative or other designated caregivers by the Department of Family and Protective Services and monetary assistance provided to certain relative or designated caregivers.
FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Last Action
Referred to Health & Human Services
2/3/2025