By: Nelson, Uresti S.B. No. 703
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of a certified copy of a birth certificate
for certain minors receiving services from the Department of Family
and Protective Services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 191.0047, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to
read as follows:
(b) The Department of State Health Services shall enter into
a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Family and
Protective Services to implement this section. Subject to
Subsection (c), the [The] terms of the memorandum of understanding
must include methods for reimbursing the Department of State Health
Services in an amount that is not more than the actual costs the
department incurs in verifying the birth information or providing
the birth record to the Department of Family and Protective
Services.
(c) The Department of State Health Services may not collect
a fee or other amount for verification of birth information or
provision of a certified copy of the birth record under Subsection
(a) for a child in the managing conservatorship of the Department of
Family and Protective Services if parental rights to the child have
been terminated and the child is eligible for adoption.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.