Monitoring the SessionHB 398
Filed
Initial review · graded Nov 9, 2026 · How we grade
relating to the payment of support rights and benefits for a child placed with a relative or other designated caregiver.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
The bill stops the state from keeping child support owed to a child that CPS places with a relative or other designated caregiver.
The bill stops the state from keeping child support owed to a child that CPS places with a relative or other designated caregiver. It touches kinship caregivers, the children placed with them, and the Department of Family and Protective Services. Instead of the state taking those support rights, the department must pass child support and the child's other payments, including SSI, through to the relative or caregiver raising the child, starting September 1, 2027.
Labels: DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 89R HB 215 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R and 89R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 89R and 90R. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
90R-HB398 · 2026-11-09
relating to the payment of support rights and benefits for a child placed with a relative or other designated caregiver.
The bill stops the state from keeping child support owed to a child that CPS places with a relative or other designated caregiver.
The bill stops the state from keeping child support owed to a child that CPS places with a relative or other designated caregiver. It touches kinship caregivers, the children placed with them, and the Department of Family and Protective Services. Instead of the state taking those support rights, the department must pass child support and the child's other payments, including SSI, through to the relative or caregiver raising the child, starting September 1, 2027.
[ ] NONE FOUND
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Not tied to this bill.
The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.
Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
$160,007.97
Also funds 3 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Nov 5, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
Derived itemized flow · Dec 30, 2025 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101033369, 101062168, 101070155, 101073001.
$120,875.00
Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 14, 2024 to Sep 25, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100989191, 101033369, 101062168, 101073001.
$22,795.90
Also funds 20 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Nov 4, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 15, 2025 to Sep 10, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101033369, 101070155.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$160,007.97
Also funds 3 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Nov 5, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
Derived itemized flow · Dec 30, 2025 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101033369, 101062168, 101070155, 101073001.
$120,875.00
Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 14, 2024 to Sep 25, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100989191, 101033369, 101062168, 101073001.
$22,795.90
Also funds 20 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Nov 4, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 15, 2025 to Sep 10, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101033369, 101070155.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by a super-expensive superintelligence, Nov 9, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 89R and now. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
by Rep. Guillen, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, Apr 23, 2025: Referred to Health & Human Services
Relating to the payment of support rights and other benefits for a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Caption, 89R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 9, 2026
11/09/2026 H Filed
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Nov 10, 2026 at 2:33 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Family--Child Protection
The text as introduced · 219 words
90R164 MM-D By: Guillen H.B. No. 398 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the payment of support rights and benefits for a child placed with a relative or other designated caregiver. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 264.109(a), Family Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) Except as provided by Section 264.763, the [ The ] placement of a child in substitute care by the department constitutes an assignment to the state of any support rights attributable to the child as of the date the child is placed in substitute care. SECTION 2. Subchapter I, Chapter 264, Family Code, is amended by adding Section 264.763 to read as follows: Sec. 264.763. PAYMENT OF CHILD'S SUPPORT RIGHTS AND BENEFITS. A relative or other designated caregiver is eligible to receive support and benefits, including monthly benefits, on behalf of a child placed with the person by the department. The department shall pass through to the relative or other designated caregiver: (1) any support rights attributable to the child; and (2) payments to which the child is entitled or that are paid for the benefit of the child, including Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits under 42 U.S.C. Section 1381 et seq. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.