By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 948
(In the Senate - Filed February 17, 2017; March 1, 2017,
read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human
Services; March 30, 2017, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 30, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain information provided to prospective adoptive
parents by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 162, Family Code, is
amended by adding Section 162.0086 to read as follows:
Sec. 162.0086. INFORMATION REGARDING SIBLING ACCESS.
(a) The Department of Family and Protective Services shall provide
information to each person seeking to adopt a child placed for
adoption by the department regarding the right of a child's sibling
to file a suit for access to the child under Sections 102.0045 and
153.551.
(b) The department may provide the information required
under Subsection (a) on any form or application provided to
prospective adoptive parents.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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