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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the qualifications for a person conducting an adoption |
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evaluation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 107.154(b), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) To be qualified to conduct an adoption evaluation under |
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this subchapter, a person must: |
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(1) have a degree from an accredited college or |
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university in a human services field of study and a license to |
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practice in this state as a social worker, professional counselor, |
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marriage and family therapist, or psychologist and: |
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(A) have one year of full-time experience working |
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at a child-placing agency conducting child-placing activities; or |
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(B) be practicing under the direct supervision of |
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a person qualified under this section to conduct adoption |
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evaluations; |
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(2) be employed by or under contract with a domestic |
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relations office, provided that the person conducts adoption |
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evaluations relating only to families ordered to participate in |
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adoption evaluations conducted by the domestic relations office; or |
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(3) be qualified as a child custody evaluator under |
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Section 107.104. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an adoption evaluation conducted on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. An adoption evaluation conducted before the effective |
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date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the |
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evaluation was conducted, and the former law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |