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House debate adds six‑month reviews and limits grounds for terminating parental rights in proposed HB226
Summary
Lawmakers debated a third substitute to House Bill 226 that would bar terminating parental rights solely for failure to complete a treatment/service plan and require six‑month fact‑finding reviews to check whether the state made reasonable efforts to provide court‑ordered reunification services.
Representative Throckmorton moved to replace the first substitute with a third substitute for House Bill 226, stating the measure aims to stop courts from terminating parental rights solely because parents failed to complete a court‑ordered treatment or service plan.
The sponsor told the House the change arose from child‑welfare oversight concerns that overly detailed service plans effectively set unattainable conditions; under the bill the court "may not terminate the parental rights of a parent because the parent has failed to complete the requirements of a treatment plan," shifting the burden to the state to demonstrate unfitness under existing statutory…
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