88R6849 CJD-F
By: Wu H.B. No. 1342
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the exchange of certain information between the
Department of Family and Protective Services or certain foster care
services contractors and a state or local juvenile justice agency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 58.0052(b-3), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b-3) At the request of a state or local juvenile justice
agency, the Department of Family and Protective Services or a
single source continuum contractor who contracts with the
department to provide foster care services shall immediately[, not
later than the 14th business day after the date of the request,]
share with the juvenile justice agency information in the
possession of the department or contractor that is necessary to
improve and maintain community safety or that assists the agency in
the continuation of services for or providing services to a
multi-system youth who:
(1) is or has been in the temporary or permanent
managing conservatorship of the department;
(2) is or was the subject of a family-based safety
services case with the department;
(3) has been reported as an alleged victim of abuse or
neglect to the department;
(4) is the perpetrator in a case in which the
department investigation concluded that there was a reason to
believe that abuse or neglect occurred; [or]
(5) is a victim in a case in which the department
investigation concluded that there was a reason to believe that
abuse or neglect occurred; or
(6) is a child for whom parental rights have been
terminated with respect to one or both parents.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
58.0052(b-3), Family Code, applies only to a request for
information made by a state or local juvenile justice agency on or
after the effective date of this Act. A request for information
made before that date is governed by the law in effect immediately
before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.