By: Wu, Garcia H.B. No. 1990
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the Department of Family and Protective
Services to notify certain individuals of changes to child abuse
and neglect investigation reports.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 261, Family Code, is
amended by adding Section 261.3081 to read as follows:
Sec. 261.3081. NOTICE REGARDING CHANGES MADE BY DEPARTMENT
TO INVESTIGATION REPORT. The department shall notify the following
interested parties of any edits or corrections, other than edits or
corrections to remedy spelling or grammatical errors, the
department makes to the written report prepared by the department
under Section 261.308:
(1) the child's parent;
(2) the attorney for the child's parent if represented
by an attorney;
(3) an attorney ad litem for the child appointed under
Chapter 107;
(4) a guardian ad litem for the child appointed under
Chapter 107, including a volunteer advocate; and
(5) any other person the court determines has an
interest in the child's welfare.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.