Relating to the regulation of child welfare, including licensure, community-based care contractors, family homes, and child-care facilities.
Learn moreRelating to certain procedures in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship for a child placed in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and the provision of family preservation services and community-based foster care.
Learn moreRelating to the liability of nonprofit entities contracted with the Department of Family and Protective Services or a single source continuum contractor to provide foster care or adoption services.
Learn moreGeneral Appropriations Bill.
Learn moreRelating to the liability of nonprofit entities contracted with the Department of Family and Protective Services or with a single source continuum contractor to provide community-based care or child welfare services.
Learn moreRelating to elimination of limitations periods for suits for personal injury arising from certain offenses against a child or disabled individual. House Companion Bill: HB 2022, Meyer
Learn moreRelating to a screening for the risk of commercial sexual exploitation of certain children. House Companion Bill: HB 451, Thompson
Learn moreRelating to information made available to a relative or other designated caregiver.
Learn moreRelating to a rural community-based care pilot program.
Learn moreRelating to prohibiting child-placing agencies from imposing certain requirements on relative and designated caregivers.
Learn moreGeneral Appropriations Bill.
Learn moreRelating to applying an active efforts standard for the removal of certain children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. Senate Companion Bill: SB 620, Sparks
Learn moreRelating to procedures and grounds related to the removal and placement of children, including for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Learn moreRelating to preventing discrimination in foster care.
Learn moreRelating to a required court finding of abuse or neglect before an individual's name is added to the central child abuse or neglect registry.
Learn moreRelating to the Uniform Unregulated Child Custody Transfer Act; creating criminal offenses.
Learn moreRelating to the provision of counseling services by certain providers under Medicaid and reimbursement for those services. Senate Companion Bill: SB 469, Sparks
Learn moreRelating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain students who were under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Learn moreRelating to the Licensed Professional Counselors Compact; authorizing fees. Senate Companion Bill: SB 498, Sparks
Learn moreRelating to the collection and confidentiality of information regarding weapons in agency foster homes; creating a civil penalty. Senate Companion Bill: SB 1524, Middleton
Learn moreRelating to the duty of certain professionals to report child abuse or neglect.
Learn moreRelating to the establishment of the Texas Adoption Assistance Program.
Learn moreRelating to the procedures for the removal of certain children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and monetary assistance provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services to certain relative or designated caregivers.
Learn moreRelating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for functional family therapy services.
Learn moreRelating to a screening for the risk of commercial sexual exploitation of certain children. Senate Companion Bill: SB 941, Paxton
Learn moreRelating to the establishment of faith-based child-care facilities.
Learn moreRelating to elimination of limitations periods for suits for personal injury arising from certain offenses against a child.
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Scott Lundy, TACFS Board Member and President/CEO of Arrow Child and Family Services provided invited testimony to the House Human Services Committee in support of HB 1716/SB 469.
TACFS Senior Director of Public Affairs Rachel Walters gave testimony before the Senate Committee on Finance on SB1 (the general budget bill). Watch the testimony.
Rachel Walters, TACFS Senior Director of Public Affairs provided brief testimony.
Scott Lundy (Arrow) and Rachel Walters (TACFS) will provide invited testimony in support of SB 1558 (Perry) and SB 1398 (Kolkhorst).
Learn more about SB 1558 and provider liability.
View our testimony on SB 1558 and SB 1398.
Rachel Walters, Senior Director of Public Affairs with TACFS offered testimony in support of House Bills 2789 and 4116 during.
HB 2789 – View the testimony online now.
HB 4116 – View the testimony online now.