By: Thompson, et al. H.B. No. 451         (Senate Sponsor - Paxton, et al.)          (In the Senate - Received from the House April 16, 2025;   April 23, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &   Human Services; May 7, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable   Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0;   May 7, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 451 By:  Perry     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to a screening for the risk of commercial sexual   exploitation of certain children.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 266.012(a), Family Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  Not later than the 45th day after the date a child enters   the conservatorship of the department, the child shall receive:                (1)  a developmentally appropriate comprehensive   assessment that includes [.  The assessment must include]:                      (A) [(1)]  a screening for trauma; and                      (B) [(2)]  interviews with individuals who have   knowledge of the child's needs; and                (2)  a screening for risk of commercial sexual   exploitation using a validated, evidenced-informed tool selected   by the Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Unit established under   Section 772.0062, Government Code, if:                      (A)  validation guidelines based on the child's   age indicate the screening is appropriate; or                      (B)  concerns of commercial sexual exploitation   exist.          SECTION 2.  Section 221.003(b), Human Resources Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  A juvenile probation department must, before the   disposition of a child's case and using a validated risk and needs   assessment instrument or process provided or approved by the   department, complete a risk and needs assessment for each child   under the jurisdiction of the juvenile probation department.  The   risk and needs assessment must include a screening for risk of   commercial sexual exploitation using a validated,   evidence-informed tool selected by the Child Sex Trafficking   Prevention Unit established under Section 772.0062, Government   Code.          SECTION 3.  The Department of Family and Protective Services   and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department are required to implement   a provision of this Act only if the legislature appropriates money   to the respective department specifically for that purpose.  If the   legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that   purpose, the Department of Family and Protective Services and the   Texas Juvenile Justice Department may, but are not required to,   implement a provision of this Act using other money available for   that purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *