89R17876 TYPED     By: Parker S.B. No. 2165       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to prohibiting the dismissal of certain suits affecting   the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family   and Protective Services.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 263, Family Code, is   amended by adding Section 263.4012 to read as follows:          Sec. 263.4012.  PROHIBITING DISMISSAL WHEN CHILD IS MISSING.   Notwithstanding Section 263.401, the court shall retain   jurisdiction and may not dismiss the suit as required by that   section if the court finds the child is missing from the child's   substitute care provider.          SECTION 2.  Section 263.501(g), Family Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (g)  Unless the child is adopted or permanent managing   conservatorship of the child is awarded to an individual other than   the department, a [A] court required to conduct permanency hearings   for a child for whom the department has been appointed permanent   managing conservator may not dismiss a suit affecting the   parent-child relationship filed by the department regarding the   child while the child is:                (1)  committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department   or released under the supervision of the Texas Juvenile Justice   Department; or                (2)  missing from the child's substitute care   provider[, unless the child is adopted or permanent managing   conservatorship of the child is awarded to an individual other than   the department].          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.