Bill Text: TX SB1402 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to access to records and certain information in those records regarding a child placed for adoption.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-21 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB1402 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB1402-Engrossed.html

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By: Carona S.B. No. 1402

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to access to records and certain information in those
records regarding a child placed for adoption.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 162.006, Family Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) The department, licensed child-placing agency, or other
person[, or entity] placing a child for adoption shall inform the
prospective adoptive parents of their right to examine the records
and other information relating to the history of the child. The
department, licensed child-placing agency, or other person [or
entity] placing the child for adoption shall edit the records and
information to protect the identity of the biological parents and
any other person whose identity is confidential.
(a-1) The records described by Subsection (a) must include
any records relating to an investigation of abuse in which the child
was an alleged or confirmed victim of sexual abuse while residing in
a foster home or other residential child-care facility. If the
licensed child-placing agency or other person placing the child for
adoption does not have the information required by this subsection,
the department, at the request of the licensed child-placing agency
or other person placing the child for adoption, shall provide the
information to the prospective adoptive parents of the child.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.