Texas legislation · 89th Legislature Regular Session
Texas SB1589: Relating to the contract requirements for a contract between a single source continuum contractor and the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Status: Signed into law, June 20, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to the contract requirements for a contract between a single source continuum contractor and the Department of Family and Protective Services.
From the enrolled text, May 25, 2025:
AN ACT relating to the contract requirements for a contract between a single source continuum contractor and the Department of Family and Protective Services. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 264.155(a), Family Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) A contract with a single source continuum contractor to provide community-based care services in a catchment area must include provisions that: (1) establish a timeline for the implementation of community-based care in the catchment area, including a timeline for implementing: (A) case management services for children, families, and relative and kinship caregivers receiving services in the catchment area; and (B) family reunification support services to be provided after a child receiving services from the contractor is returned to the child's family; (2) establish conditions for the single source continuum contractor's access to relevant department data and require the participation of the contractor in the data access and standards governance council created under Section 264.159; (3) require the single source continuum contractor to create a single process for the training and use of alternative caregivers for all child-placing agencies in the catchment area to facilitate reciprocity of licenses for alternative caregivers between agencies, including respite and overnight care providers, as those terms are defined by department rule; (4) require the single source continuum …
Sponsors
- Kelly Hancock (R, SD-009) · primary sponsor
- Cesar Blanco (D, SD-029)
- Royce West (D, SD-023)
- Angelia Orr (R, HD-013)
Latest actions
- : Effective on 9/1/25
- : Signed by the Governor
- : Sent to the Governor
- : Signed in the House
- : Signed in the Senate
- : Reported enrolled
- : House passage reported
- : Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- : Record vote (RV#3348)
- : Passed
Votes
- Human Services Committee Vote (Out of committee): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Health & Human Services Committee Vote (Out of committee): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#4090 (May 23, 2025): 104 yea, 32 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#3348 (May 23, 2025): 136 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#3890 (May 22, 2025): 113 yea, 23 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#3270 (May 22, 2025): 141 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: CONTRACTORS & SUBCONTRACTORS, Family--Child Protection, FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Common questions
- What is SB1589?
- SB1589 is a bill in the Texas Legislature (89th Legislature Regular Session): Relating to the contract requirements for a contract between a single source continuum contractor and the Department of Family and Protective Services.
- What does SB1589 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the contract requirements for a contract between a single source continuum contractor and the Department of Family and Protective Services.
- What is the status of SB1589?
- Signed into law as of June 20, 2025. Latest action: Effective on 9/1/25 (June 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB1589?
- Kelly Hancock (R, SD-009), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB1589?
- On the Texas Legislature website: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=SB01589
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