HB3759 - Relating to the emergency possession of certain abandoned children by designated emergency infant care providers and the termination of parental rights to those children.

  89R10295 DNC-D     By: Schatzline H.B. No. 3759       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the emergency possession of certain abandoned children   by designated emergency infant care providers and the termination   of parental rights to those children.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 262.302, Family Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as   follows:          (a)  A designated emergency infant care provider shall,   without a court order, take possession of a child who appears to be   younger than one year [ 60 days ] old [ or younger ] if:                (1)  the child is voluntarily delivered to the provider   by the child's parent by:                      (A)  leaving the child with an employee of the   provider; or                      (B)  placing the child in a newborn safety device   located inside the provider's facilities; and                (2)  the parent did not express an intent to return for   the child.           (a-1)     A parent who voluntarily delivers the parent's child   to a designated emergency infant care provider under Subsection (a)   is considered to have voluntarily relinquished the parent's   parental rights to the child.            SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.