89R7769 RAL-D
By: VanDeaver H.B. No. 2665
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notification and disclosure of records and information
concerning an investigation of a report of child abuse or neglect to
county or district attorneys.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 261.1055, Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 261.1055. NOTIFICATION AND RELEASE OF CERTAIN
INFORMATION TO COUNTY OR DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. (a) The [A district
attorney may inform the department that the district attorney
wishes to receive notification of some or all reports of suspected
abuse or neglect of children who were in the county at the time the
report was made or who were in the county at the time of the alleged
abuse or neglect.
[(b) If the district attorney makes the notification under
this section, the] department shall, on receipt of a report of
suspected abuse or neglect, immediately notify a county or [the]
district attorney with jurisdiction to investigate or prosecute the
reported abuse or neglect of the report.
(b) On request by the county or district attorney, [as
requested and] the department shall forward a copy of the report of
abuse or neglect and all information concerning the investigation
of the reported abuse or neglect, including information that is
confidential under Section 261.201, [reports] to the county or
district attorney [on request].
(c) The information released by the department to a county
or district attorney under Subsection (b) is not subject to public
release by the county or district attorney under Chapter 552,
Government Code, and may only be disclosed for purposes consistent
with Articles 39.14, 39.15, and 39.151, Code of Criminal Procedure.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.