87R18619 MCK-F
By: Krause, Gates, Minjarez H.B. No. 1190
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1190:
By: Hull C.S.H.B. No. 1190
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a required court finding of abuse or neglect before an
individual's name is added to the central child abuse or neglect
registry.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 261.002, Family Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) The department may not add to the central registry
maintained under this section the name of an individual found by the
department to have abused or neglected a child unless a court of
competent jurisdiction enters a final order in a civil, criminal,
or juvenile proceeding in which the court finds the individual
abused or neglected the child.
SECTION 2. Section 261.002(a-1), Family Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a finding that an individual abused or
neglected a child made by the Department of Family and Protective
Services on or after the effective date of this Act. A finding made
by the department before that date is governed by the law in effect
on the date the finding was made, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.