S.B. No. 703
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 and to the amendment of birth and death
certificates.
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. Section 191.028, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Not later than the 30th business day after the date the
department receives an amending certificate, the department shall
notify the individual of whether the amendment has been accepted
for filing.
SECTION 3. This Act applies only to amending certificates
filed on or after the effective date of this Act. Amending
certificates filed before the effective date of this Act are
governed by the law in effect immediately before that date, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 703 passed the Senate on
March 19, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2009, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 703 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 143,
Nays 2, one present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor