How Did Texas Children Fare in the 80th Legislative Session?
TexProtects was instrumental in providing the research and information as the basis of 11 bills, 10 of which were passed or amended to other legislation: SB 156 & HB 424 Senator Shapiro, Representative Madden Passed Expansion of the Dallas-piloted Nurse Families Partnership Program to 11 communities throughout Texas serving 2000 families. SB 1411 & HB 3505 Senator West, Representative Hartnett Passed Requires high-quality, increased judicial training for Family Court Judges on child abuse, attachment, bonding, and approprite placements for removals. HB 662, SB 1188 & HB 3015 Senator Uresti, Representative Dukes Passed Protects the Child abuse trust fund from General Revenue uses and allocates funds to child abuse prevention programs. HB 723, SB 1941 & HB 2670 Senator Duell, Representative Giddings Passed Provides DFPS access to foster home backgrounds on police dispatch calls for domestic disturbances as a part of home verification check before placing a child in the home. Shared datab
