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TX SB588
Bill
Status
12/13/2024
Primary Sponsor
Royce West
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AI Summary
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Requires the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to discuss joint managing conservatorship options with parents or legal guardians before filing for sole managing conservatorship of a child with severe emotional disturbance who needs mental health services
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Courts must appoint DFPS and the parent/legal guardian as joint managing conservators if evidence shows the parent has exhausted all reasonable means to obtain mental health services and agreed to actively participate in the child's service plan
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Prohibits children under joint managing conservatorship arrangements from receiving temporary emergency care in hotels or other unlicensed settings
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Applies only to suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed on or after September 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Relating to the appointment of the Department of Family and Protective Services and a child's parent or legal guardian as joint managing conservators for the child.
FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Last Action
Referred to Health & Human Services
2/3/2025