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| 1 | 1 | 86R13158 MCK-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Watson S.B. No. 1346 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the system for maintaining records relating to children | |
| 8 | 8 | in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective | |
| 9 | 9 | Services. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code, | |
| 12 | 12 | is amended by adding Section 40.043 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 40.043. CASE TRACKING AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT | |
| 14 | 14 | SYSTEM. The department shall ensure that the department's case | |
| 15 | 15 | tracking and information management system in which information | |
| 16 | 16 | relating to each child in the department's conservatorship is | |
| 17 | 17 | maintained: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) provides a date stamp for each entry of | |
| 19 | 19 | information in the electronic database; | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) tracks any change to the information in the | |
| 21 | 21 | electronic database, including identifying the person who modifies | |
| 22 | 22 | or deletes information in the electronic database; and | |
| 23 | 23 | (3) strictly limits the ability to modify or delete | |
| 24 | 24 | information in the electronic database to only persons who provide | |
| 25 | 25 | relevant case functions that may require modification or deletion | |
| 26 | 26 | of information and only as necessary to perform those functions. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |