May 26, 2017      3:09 PM

As HB 5 heads to conference, House is concerned over limited liability for nonprofits in foster care

Raymond says it would give “unprecedented immunity to private vendors in the foster care redesign system.”

House Bill 5, the legislation to make the Department of Family and Protective Services a standalone agency, is headed to conference committee after a controversial amendment was tacked on in the Senate.

Texas House author Rep. James Frank, R-Wichita Falls, will lead the lower chamber’s conferees and explained to members that the bill came back in basically the same form but “with one large exception.” 

By Eleanor Dearman

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