H.B. No. 1180
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1180 was passed by the House on April
16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1180 on May 18, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 0,
1 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1180 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor