85R13308 MM-D
By: Campbell S.B. No. 2114
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain duties of a parent or guardian regarding
information in reports prepared by the Department of Family and
Protective Services in adoption cases.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 162.005(f), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(f) The department, licensed child-placing agency, [parent,
guardian,] person, or entity who prepares and files the original
report and the parent or guardian, regardless of whether the parent
or guardian prepares and files the original report, are [is]
required to furnish supplemental medical, psychological, and
psychiatric information to the adoptive parents if that information
becomes available and to file the supplemental information where
the original report is filed. The supplemental information shall
be retained for as long as the original report is required to be
retained.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.