89R15509 RAL-D     By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2854       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requirements for a court order following a permanency   hearing for a child in the conservatorship of the Department of   Family and Protective Services.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 263.5031, Family Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:          (c)  At the close of each permanency hearing under this   section, based on the court's findings from a review of the   permanency progress report under Subsection (a)(4) and any evidence   presented by persons entitled to present evidence under Section   263.0021, the court shall render any orders that the court finds to   be in the best interest of the child, including any orders necessary   to ensure the department is meeting its obligations as managing   conservator of the child.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply to a   suit affecting the parent-child relationship that is filed on or   after the effective date of this Act.  A suit filed before the   effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the   date that the suit is filed, and the former law is continued in   effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.