HB 3492 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to certain training for certain individuals who care for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

HB 3492 requires foster parents, adoptive parents, kinship caregivers, and Department of Family and Protective Services staff to complete an annual eight-hour online training course focused on children's emotional health. The training covers trauma-informed care, attachment issues, and emotional expression, and must be offered in both Spanish and English. This bill applies to individuals caring for children in foster care under the Department's conservatorship and takes effect September 1, 2025.
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Mar 2025
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Introduced Mar 24, 2025 Last action Mar 24, 2025
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Mar 24, 2025
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Referred to Human Services
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Mar 24, 2025
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