H.B. No. 1227
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain procedures regarding court-ordered financial
  support 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 154.001, Family Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
  follows:
         (b)  The court may order either or both parents to make
  periodic payments for the support of a child in a proceeding in
  which the Department of Family and Protective [and Regulatory]
  Services is named temporary managing conservator. In a proceeding
  in which the Department of Family and Protective [and Regulatory]
  Services is named permanent managing conservator of a child whose
  parents' rights have not been terminated, the court shall order
  each parent that is financially able to make periodic payments for
  the support of the child.
         (b-1)  In a proceeding described by Subsection (b) in which
  the court renders an order modifying an existing order for the
  support of the child to require that the payments be made to the
  Department of Family and Protective Services, the court shall
  provide notice of the order to the office of the attorney general
  not later than the 10th day after the date the order is rendered.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a proceeding that is pending in a trial court on or filed on or
  after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1227 was passed by the House on April
  1, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1227 was passed by the Senate on May
  19, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor