85R26427 MM-F     By: Keough, Raymond, et al. H.B. No. 205     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 205:     By:  Rose C.S.H.B. No. 205       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to procedures for ordering the required participation in   services in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 264.203, Family Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read   as follows:          (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), if the court finds   by a preponderance of the evidence that abuse or neglect has   occurred or is likely to occur, the court on request of the   department may order the parent, managing conservator, guardian, or   other member of the subject child's household to:                (1)  participate in the services the department   provides or purchases for:                      (A)  alleviating the effects of the abuse or   neglect that has occurred; or                      (B)  reducing the reasonable likelihood that the   child may be abused or neglected in the immediate or foreseeable   future; and                (2)  permit the child and any siblings of the child to   receive the services.          (e)  Before the court may order the participation of a   parent, managing conservator, guardian, or other member of the   subject child's household in services, the court shall advise any   person who is not represented by an attorney of:                (1)  the right to be represented by an attorney; and                (2)  if the person is indigent and opposes the order to   participate in services, the right to a court-appointed attorney,   subject to the procedures in Section 263.0061(b).          (f)  If a parent, managing conservator, guardian, or other   member of the subject child's household is opposed to participating   in services and is not represented by an attorney at the hearing,   the court may not order the person to participate in services until   the person has either retained or been appointed an attorney.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply to a   suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed on or after the   effective date of this Act. A suit affecting the parent-child   relationship filed before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date the suit was filed, and the   former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.