HB 3492
AN ACT relating to certain training for certain individuals who care for
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
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What This Bill Does
Requires foster parents, adoptive parents, kinship caregivers, caseworkers, supervisors, and agency personnel who work with children in state conservatorship to complete an 8-hour online annual training course focused on children's emotional health. The training will cover critical topics like attachment issues, trauma-informed care, and emotional expression, and must be offered in both English and Spanish. In regions with a single source continuum contractor, that organization will be responsible for implementing and delivering the required training.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to certain training for certain individuals who care for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 264.015, Family Code, is amended by adding Subsections (f), (g), and (h) to read as follows: (f) The department shall require foster parents, adoptive parents, kinship caregivers, department caseworkers, department supervisors, and personnel at agencies that provide services to children in the department's conservatorship to complete an annual online eight-hour training course regarding nurturing the emotional health and supporting the emotional well-being of children, including instruction on attachment issues, trauma-informed care, and emotional expression. (g) In areas of the state where a single source continuum contractor provides foster care or case management services, the department shall ensure that the single source continuum contractor carries out the training required by Subsection (f). (h) The training required under Subsection (f) must be offered in Spanish and English. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to certain training for certain individuals who care for
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