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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the system for maintaining records relating to children |
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in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective |
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Services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 40.043 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 40.043. CASE TRACKING AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT |
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SYSTEM. (a) The department shall ensure that the department's case |
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tracking and information management system: |
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(1) provides a date and time stamp and identifies the |
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author for each entry of information in a child's case file in the |
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system; and |
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(2) once information is added to a child's case file in |
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the system, prohibits a person from modifying or deleting the |
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information but allows a person to add new or revised information to |
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update a child's case file. |
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(b) For each entry of information in a child's case file in |
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the case tracking and information management system, the |
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descriptive and technical metadata for the information must be in a |
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format that allows a system user to clearly and fully understand the |
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date, time, and author identity provided as required by Subsection |
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(a)(1). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |