| 1 | | - | By: Minjarez, Miller, Blanco H.B. No. 2124 |
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| 2 | | - | (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) |
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| 3 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2017; |
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| 4 | | - | April 24, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Health & |
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| 5 | | - | Human Services; May 16, 2017, reported favorably by the following |
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| 6 | | - | vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 16, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 2124 |
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| 11 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 5 | | relating to the procedures for identifying and notifying relevant |
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| 13 | 6 | | federal agencies about certain child abuse and neglect |
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| 14 | 7 | | investigations. |
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| 15 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 16 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 261.301, Family Code, is amended by |
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| 17 | 10 | | adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 11 | | (j) In an investigation of a report of abuse or neglect |
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| 19 | 12 | | allegedly committed by a person responsible for a child's care, |
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| 20 | 13 | | custody, or welfare, the department shall determine whether the |
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| 21 | 14 | | person is an active duty member of the United States armed forces or |
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| 22 | 15 | | the spouse of a member on active duty. If the department determines |
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| 23 | 16 | | the person is an active duty member of the United States armed |
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| 24 | 17 | | forces or the spouse of a member on active duty, the department |
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| 25 | 18 | | shall notify the United States Department of Defense Family |
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| 26 | 19 | | Advocacy Program at the closest active duty military installation |
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| 27 | 20 | | of the investigation. |
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| 28 | 21 | | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section |
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| 29 | 22 | | 261.301, Family Code, apply only to a report of abuse or neglect |
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| 30 | 23 | | made on or after the effective date of this Act. A report made |
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| 31 | 24 | | before that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the |
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| 32 | 25 | | report was made, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 33 | 26 | | purpose. |
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| 34 | 27 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 28 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 29 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 30 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 2124 was passed by the House on April |
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| 31 | + | 13, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 4, 3 present, not |
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| 32 | + | voting. |
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| 33 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 34 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 35 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 2124 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 36 | + | 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 37 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 38 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 39 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 40 | + | Date |
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| 41 | + | _____________________ |
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| 42 | + | Governor |
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