By: Burkett, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 1180
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015;
April 23, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
and Human Services; May 7, 2015, reported adversely, with
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; May 7, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1180 By: Kolkhorst
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain information included on a searchable database
on the Department of Family and Protective Services' Internet
website.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 42.025 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.025. SEARCHABLE DATABASE. (a) The department
shall maintain on the department's Internet website a searchable
database that includes the name, the address, and any
identification number, as applicable, of each family home
registered or listed under this chapter that previously had a
registration or listing involuntarily suspended or revoked under
this chapter with a permanent notation indicating the involuntary
suspension or revocation and the year in which the suspension or
revocation took effect or was final under this chapter.
(b) The executive commissioner may adopt rules as necessary
to implement this section.
SECTION 2. Not later than December 31, 2015, the Department
of Family and Protective Services shall include in a searchable
database the information required by Section 42.025, Human
Resources Code, as added by this Act, and the involuntary
suspension and revocation information on a registered or listed
family home for at least the five years preceding the date the
information is added to the database.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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