Bill Text: TX HB3234 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the prioritization of requests to release certain case records maintained by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB3234 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3234-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the prioritization of requests to release certain case records maintained by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB3234 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3234-Introduced.html
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| By: Hernandez Luna | H.B. No. 3234 | |
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| relating to the preparation of case records of children discharged | ||
| from foster care. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 264, Family Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 264.0145 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 264.0145. PREPARATION AND RELEASE OF CASE RECORD. (a) | ||
| In this section, "case record" means those files, reports, records, | ||
| communications, audiotapes, videotapes, or working papers under | ||
| the custody and control of the department that are collected, | ||
| developed, or used: | ||
| (1) in a child abuse or neglect investigation; or | ||
| (2) in providing services as a result of an | ||
| investigation, including substitute care services for a child. | ||
| (b) Not later than the 30th day before the date a child is | ||
| discharged from foster care, the department shall assemble and | ||
| prepare the child's case record for release to the child. The | ||
| department shall redact any information from the case record that | ||
| is confidential and may not be provided to the child under statute | ||
| or department rule. | ||
| (c) The department is not required to release a copy of the | ||
| case record except as provided by law. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to the case record of a child discharged from foster care on or | ||
| after the 30th day following the effective date of this Act. The | ||
| case record of a child discharged from foster care before the 30th | ||
| day following the effective date of this Act is governed by the law | ||
| applicable at the time of the child's discharge, and the former law | ||
| is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
