86R13273 MCK-F
By: Wu H.B. No. 2490
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the system for maintaining records relating to children
in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective
Services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 40.043 to read as follows:
Sec. 40.043. CASE TRACKING AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM. (a) The department shall ensure that the department's case
tracking and information management system:
(1) provides a date and time stamp and identifies the
author for each entry of information in a child's case file in the
system; and
(2) once information is added to a child's case file in
the system, prohibits a person from modifying or deleting the
information but allows a person to add new or revised information to
update a child's case file.
(b) For each entry of information in a child's case file in
the case tracking and information management system, the
descriptive and technical metadata for the information must be in a
format that allows a system user to clearly and fully understand the
date, time, and author identity provided as required by Subsection
(a)(1).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.