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Bastrop County abuse allegations create new reporting, screening requirements for foster-care workers

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Bastrop County abuse allegations create new reporting, screening requirements for foster-care workers

The legislation came after The Refuge, a Bastrop foster-care facility, hired a caretaker without knowing she had a history of sexual misconduct with children at a state juvenile facility.A pair of bills that would prevent caretakers at Texas foster-care facilities from perpetuating abuse against children are on their way to becoming law.The legislation, which has now passed in both state chambers, was in response to allegations of misconduct from a caretaker at a Bastrop foster-care facility.When the caretaker was accused of soliciting and selling nude photos of two girls in her care at The Refuge, The Texas Tribune reported that ...

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