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  89R16374 RAL-D     By: Garcia of Bexar H.B. No. 5637       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the provision of family protection services by the   Texas Indigent Defense Commission.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 79.001(8-a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:                (8-a)  "Family protection services" means services   provided under this chapter , including services subject to the   Family First Prevention Services Act (Title VII, Div. E, Pub. L.   No.   115-123), by an attorney, attorney ad litem, licensed   investigator, social worker, forensic expert, mental health   expert, or other similar expert or specialist to an indigent parent   or child in:                      (A)  a suit filed by the department against the   parent; or                      (B)  a department investigation of the parent.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.