85R1623 MK-D     By: Wu H.B. No. 698       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to notice given to certain persons before a change of   placement for a child in foster care.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 264.018, Family Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsections (f-1) and (f-2) to   read as follows:          (f)  Except as provided by Subsection (f-1) or (f-2), as [As]   soon as possible but not later than the 10th day after the date the   department becomes aware of a significant event affecting a child   in the conservatorship of the department, the department shall   provide notice of the significant event to:                (1)  the child's parent;                (2)  an attorney ad litem appointed for the child under   Chapter 107;                (3)  a guardian ad litem appointed for the child under   Chapter 107;                (4)  a volunteer advocate appointed for the child under   Chapter 107;                (5)  the licensed administrator of the child-placing   agency responsible for placing the child or the licensed   administrator's designee;                (6)  a foster parent, prospective adoptive parent,   relative of the child providing care to the child, or director of   the group home or general residential operation where the child is   residing; and                (7)  any other person determined by a court to have an   interest in the child's welfare.          (f-1)  As soon as possible but not later than the fifth day   after the date a child-placing agency notifies the department of   the agency's intent to change the placement of a child in the   conservatorship of the department, the department shall give notice   of the impending placement change and the reason given for the   placement change to:                 (1)  the child's parent;                (2)  an attorney ad litem appointed for the child under   Chapter 107;                (3)  a guardian ad litem appointed for the child under   Chapter 107;                (4)  a volunteer advocate appointed for the child under   Chapter 107;                (5)  a foster parent, prospective adoptive parent,   relative of the child providing care to the child, or director of   the group home or general residential operation where the child is   residing; and                (6)  any other person determined by a court to have an   interest in the child's welfare.          (f-2)  As soon as possible but not later than the fifth day   after the date a foster parent requests the removal of a child in   the conservatorship of the department from the foster home because   of an increase or decrease in the child's service level, the   department shall give notice of the impending placement change to:                 (1)  the child's parent;                (2)  an attorney ad litem appointed for the child under   Chapter 107;                (3)  a guardian ad litem appointed for the child under   Chapter 107;                (4)  a volunteer advocate appointed for the child under   Chapter 107;                (5)  the licensed administrator of the child-placing   agency responsible for placing the child or the licensed   administrator's designee; and                (6)  any other person determined by a court to have an   interest in the child's welfare.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.