87R4882 KEL-D     By: J. Johnson of Harris H.B. No. 1481       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to contracts to provide appropriate residential housing to   students in extended foster care who enroll at public institutions   of higher education.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 263, Family Code, is   amended by adding Section 263.609 to read as follows:          Sec. 263.609.  CONTRACTS WITH PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER   EDUCATION TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL HOUSING. (a) In this section,   "institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by   Section 61.003, Education Code.          (b)  The department and each institution of higher education   that provides residential housing to students enrolled at the   institution shall enter into a contract under which, for students   of the institution residing in that residential housing who are in   extended foster care, the institution agrees to serve as a   child-care institution, as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 672(c), for   the purpose of providing housing in which those students are able to   live independently in a supervised setting in accordance with rules   adopted by the department pursuant to the Fostering Connections to   Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Pub. L. No. 110-351).          SECTION 2.  The Department of Family and Protective Services   shall enter into a contract with each public institution of higher   education subject to Section 263.609, Family Code, as added by this   Act, as soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act,   but not later than the 2022-2023 academic year.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2021.