Texas HB2864 amends the Family Code to apply an active efforts standard for the removal of certain children in the managing conservatorship of the.

HB2864 amends the Texas Family Code to redefine "active efforts" as affirmative, active, thorough, and timely efforts to maintain or reunite a child with their family. It mandates that the Department of Family and Protective Services must make active efforts to prevent or eliminate the need for child removal, focusing on safe reunification. The bill also requires courts to describe these efforts in specific cases, such as when a child is taken into possession without a court order or when a parent-child relationship is terminated.

Texas HB2864 amends the Family Code to apply an active efforts standard for the removal of certain children in the managing conservatorship of the.

HB2864 amends the Texas Family Code to redefine "active efforts" as affirmative, active, thorough, and timely efforts to maintain or reunite a child with their family. It mandates that the Department of Family and Protective Services must make active efforts to prevent or eliminate the need for child removal, focusing on safe reunification. The bill also requires courts to describe these efforts in specific cases, such as when a child is taken into possession without a court order or when a parent-child relationship is terminated.