Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Eightieth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 6 Page: 6,862

                                
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(c) The social study [Except for a       .uit brought by a licnacd child placing
agency cr the department, th home scerning] under this section shall be filed in
any suit for:
(1) termination of the parent-child relationship in which a person other
than a parent may be appointed managing conservator of a child; or
(2) an adoption.
(d) The social study [Other than in a ,uit in which a licnsd child placing
heme--sereening] under this section must be filed with the court before the court
may sign the final order for termination of the parent-child relationship.
(e) The costs of a social study [heie-ser-eening] in a suit for adoption under
this section shall be paid by the prospective adoptive parent.
(f) Unless otherwise agreed to by the court, the social study [home
eeeing] under this section must comply with the minimum requirements for
the study [eIerening] under rules adopted by the executive commissioner of the
Health and Human Services Commission [
Serves].
(g) In a suit filed after the child begins residence in the prospective adoptive
home [ot pp:::n ad::t:], the pre-adoptive social study [hee-- ere ning] under
this section and the post-placement adoptive social study [fep e] under Section
107.052 may be combined in a single report. Under this subsection, the
pre-adoptive social study will be completed after the child is placed in the home.
SECTION 4. Section 107.052, Family Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 107.052. POST-PLACEMENT ADOPTIVE SOCIAL STUDY AND
REPORT. (a) In a proceeding in which a pre-adoptive social study [heme
ereeiing] is required by Section 107.0519 [107.0511] for an adoption, a
post-placement adoptive social study reportt] must be conducted and a report
filed with the court before the court may render a final order in the adoption.
(b) Unless otherwise agreed to by the court, the post-placement adoptive
social study [repe] must comply with the minimum requirements for the study
[repe4] under rules adopted by the executive commissioner of the Health and
Human Services Commission [ Bard CfPrctcctivc and Rcgulatr-y Scrvicc3].
SECTION 5. Section 107.056, Family Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 107.056. PREPARATION FEE. If the court orders a social study to be
conducted [and a rcprt t bc prepared , the court shall award the agency or other
person a reasonable fee for the preparation of the study that shall be imposed in
the form of a money judgment [taxed-as-eet] and paid directly to the agency or
other person. The person or agency may enforce the judgment [erder] for the fee
by any means available under law for civil judgments.
SECTION 6. Section 162.003, Family Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 162.003. PRE-ADOPTIVE       [HOME SCREENTTING] AND
POST-PLACEMENT SOCIAL STUDIES [REPORT]. In a suit for adoption, [a]
pre-adoptive [h me-e-reening] and post-placement social studies [fepe ] must be
conducted as provided in Chapter 107.
SECTION 7. Section 203.004(a), Family Code, is amended to read as
follows:

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