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            S.B. No. 135
         
               AN ACT
            
            relating to recording the status of certain home studies performed 
         
            by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Section 262.114, Family Code, is amended by 
         
            adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows:
         
                   (a-3)  The department shall maintain an electronic record of 
         
            the status of a home study required under Subsection (a) of a 
         
            potential relative or designated caregiver.
         
                   SECTION 2.  Section 262.114(a-3), Family Code, as added by 
         
            this Act, applies only to a home study performed on or after the 
         
            effective date of this Act. A home study performed before the 
         
            effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the 
         
            date the home study was performed, and the former law is continued 
         
            in effect for that purpose.
         
                   SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
         
            ______________________________
            ______________________________
         
               President of the Senate
            Speaker of the House     
         
                   I hereby certify that S.B. No. 135 passed the Senate on 
         
            April 25, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Secretary of the Senate    
         
                   I hereby certify that S.B. No. 135 passed the House on 
         
            May 19, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 123, Nays 20, 
         
            two present not voting.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Chief Clerk of the House   
         
            Approved:
         
            ______________________________ 
         
                        Date
         
            ______________________________ 
         
                      Governor
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Family Code 262.114, Family Code 264.207 (Family Code 262, Family Code 264)
Senate Committee Report: Family Code 262.114 (Family Code 262, Family Code 264)
Engrossed: Family Code 262.114 (Family Code 262, Family Code 264)
House Committee Report: Family Code 262.114 (Family Code 262, Family Code 264)
Enrolled: Family Code 262.114 (Family Code 262, Family Code 264)




	AN ACT
	relating to recording the status of certain home studies performed
	by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 262.114, Family Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows:
	(a-3) The department shall maintain an electronic record of
	the status of a home study required under Subsection (a) of a
	potential relative or designated caregiver.
	SECTION 2. Section 262.114(a-3), Family Code, as added by
	this Act, applies only to a home study performed on or after the
	effective date of this Act. A home study performed before the
	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
	date the home study was performed, and the former law is continued
	in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.





	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House

	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 135 passed the Senate on
	April 25, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.


	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate

	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 135 passed the House on
	May 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 123, Nays 20,
	two present not voting.


	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House



	Approved:

	______________________________
	Date


	______________________________
	Governor