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89(R) SB 2032 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
S.B. No. 2032
AN ACT
relating to certain requirements regarding a contract between a
single source continuum contractor and the Department of Family and
Protective Services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 264.165, Family Code, is amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 264.165. NOTICE REQUIRED FOR EARLY TERMINATION OF
CONTRACT. (a) A single source continuum contractor may terminate a
contract entered into under this subchapter by providing notice to
the department and the commission of the contractor's intent to
terminate the contract not later than the
180th
[
60th
] day before
the date of the termination.
(b) The department may terminate a contract entered into
with a single source continuum contractor under this subchapter by
providing notice to the contractor of the department's intent to
terminate the contract not later than the
180th
[
30th
] day before
the date of termination.
SECTION 2. Section 264.166, Family Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
follows:
(c) If a single source continuum contractor gives notice to
the department of an early contract termination
or the department
gives notice to the contractor of the department's intent to
terminate the contract
, the department may enter into a contract
with a different contractor for the sole purpose of assuming the
contract that is being terminated.
(d)
Notwithstanding any other law, the department may enter
into a contract with a different single source continuum contractor
under Subsection (c) without following competitive bidding,
advertising, or proposal evaluation requirements, including
requirements under Section 2155.083, 2155.132, or 2155.144,
Government Code, or Section 40.058, Human Resources Code.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a contract entered into or amended, modified, renewed, or
extended on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract
entered into or amended, modified, renewed, or extended before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the contract was entered into or amended, modified, renewed,
or extended, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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______________________________
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2032 passed the Senate on
April 24, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2032 passed the House on
May 6, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, one present
not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor