| 1 | 1 | | By: Wu, Garcia H.B. No. 1990 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to requiring the Department of Family and Protective |
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| 7 | 7 | | Services to notify certain individuals of changes to child abuse |
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| 8 | 8 | | and neglect investigation reports. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 261, Family Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 261.3081 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 261.3081. NOTICE REGARDING CHANGES MADE BY DEPARTMENT |
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| 13 | 13 | | TO INVESTIGATION REPORT. The department shall notify the following |
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| 14 | 14 | | interested parties of any edits or corrections, other than edits or |
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| 15 | 15 | | corrections to remedy spelling or grammatical errors, the |
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| 16 | 16 | | department makes to the written report prepared by the department |
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| 17 | 17 | | under Section 261.308: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) the child's parent; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) the attorney for the child's parent if represented |
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| 20 | 20 | | by an attorney; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (3) an attorney ad litem for the child appointed under |
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| 22 | 22 | | Chapter 107; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (4) a guardian ad litem for the child appointed under |
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| 24 | 24 | | Chapter 107, including a volunteer advocate; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (5) any other person the court determines has an |
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| 26 | 26 | | interest in the child's welfare. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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