SB607 - Relating to monetary assistance provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services to certain parental child safety placement caregivers.

  89R4012 AMF-D     By: West S.B. No. 607       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to monetary assistance provided by the Department of   Family and Protective Services to certain parental child safety   placement caregivers.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter L, Chapter 264, Family Code, is   amended by adding Section 264.908 to read as follows:           Sec.   264.908.     CAREGIVER ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS. (a) The   department shall, subject to the availability of funds, enter into   a caregiver assistance agreement under Section 264.755 with a   caregiver who has a family income that is less than or equal to 300   percent of the federal poverty level who enters into a parental   child safety placement to provide monetary assistance to the   caregiver for the duration of the parental child safety placement.           (b)     The department shall provide written notice to the   parental child safety placement caregiver about the availability of   and eligibility requirements for monetary assistance under this   section at the earlier of the date:                 (1)     the parental child safety placement agreement is   signed; or                 (2)  the child is placed with the caregiver.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.