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CS/SB 306: Placement of Surrendered Newborn Infants

GENERAL BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs ; Harrell

Placement of Surrendered Newborn Infants; Defining the term “community-based care lead agency”; requiring community-based care lead agencies to establish and maintain a specified registry; prohibiting the community-based care lead agency from transferring certain costs to prospective adoptive parents; requiring licensed child-placing agencies that take custody of surrendered newborn infants to report certain information; providing requirements for the hospital once it takes physical custody of a surrendered newborn infant, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2024
 Last Action: 3/8/2024 Senate - Died in Fiscal Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  2. Fiscal Policy (FP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/3/2023 Senate • Filed
    11/15/2023 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy
    12/4/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 12/13/23, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed
    1/9/2024 Senate • Introduced
    1/25/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/30/24, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
    1/30/2024 Senate • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
    1/31/2024 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/05/24, 2:30 pm, 110 Senate Building --Not Received
    2/1/2024 Senate • Original reference(s) removed: Judiciary
    • Remaining references corrected to Fiscal Policy
    • Now in Fiscal Policy
    • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
    3/8/2024 Senate • Died in Fiscal Policy

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  • CS/SB 306, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/31/2024 at 1:03 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 327 Placement of Surrendered Newborn Infants Abbott, Temple Compare Last Action: 3/8/2024 H Died in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (5)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    39.201 Required reports of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect, sexual abuse of a child, and juvenile sexual abuse; required reports of death; reports involving a child who has exhibited inappropriate sexual behavior. Page 6 (pdf)
    63.032 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    63.0423 Procedures with respect to surrendered infants. Page 2 (pdf)
    63.062 Persons required to consent to adoption; affidavit of nonpaternity; waiver of venue. Page 8 (pdf)
    383.50 Treatment of surrendered newborn infant. Page 6 (pdf)

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  • SB 306, Original Filed Version Posted 11/3/2023 at 2:51 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 1/29/2024 (pdf)
    Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) 1/31/2024 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 327 Placement of Surrendered Newborn Infants Abbott, Temple Similar Last Action: 3/8/2024 H Died in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (3)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    530466 - Amendment
    Delete lines 64 - 71.     		Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    (Harrell)     		12/12/2023
    10:56 AM     		Withdrawn
    1/29/2024     		Web Page
    PDF
    802344 - Amendment
    Delete lines 157 - 194 and insert:     		Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    (Harrell)     		12/12/2023
    10:56 AM     		Withdrawn
    1/29/2024     		Web Page
    PDF
    160226 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    (Harrell)     		1/29/2024
    1:02 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    1/30/2024     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    1/30/2024 1:00 PM Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 7 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (5)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    39.201 Required reports of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect, sexual abuse of a child, and juvenile sexual abuse; required reports of death; reports involving a child who has exhibited inappropriate sexual behavior. Page 7 (pdf)
    63.032 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    63.039 Duty of adoption entity to prospective adoptive parents; sanctions. Page 2 (pdf)
    63.0423 Procedures with respect to surrendered infants. Page 3 (pdf)
    383.50 Treatment of surrendered newborn infant. Page 6 (pdf)

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