| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed March 14, 2025; April 3, 2025, read |
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| 3 | + | first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; |
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| 4 | + | April 23, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, |
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| 5 | + | Nays 0; April 23, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 6 | 11 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 13 | | relating to the disclosure of certain information by the Texas |
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| 9 | 14 | | Juvenile Justice Department. |
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| 10 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Section 244.003, Human Resources Code, is |
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| 12 | 17 | | amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to |
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| 13 | 18 | | read as follows: |
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| 14 | 19 | | (b) Except as provided by Section 243.051(c), these records |
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| 15 | 20 | | and all other information concerning a child, including personally |
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| 16 | 21 | | identifiable information, are not public and are available only |
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| 17 | 22 | | according to the provisions of Subsection (c) of this section, |
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| 18 | 23 | | Section 58.005, Family Code, Section 244.051 of this code, and |
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| 19 | 24 | | Chapter 67, Code of Criminal Procedure. |
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| 20 | 25 | | (c) The department may disclose information concerning a |
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| 21 | 26 | | person who was committed to the department, including personally |
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| 22 | 27 | | identifiable information, if: |
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| 23 | 28 | | (1) the person: |
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| 24 | 29 | | (A) has been discharged from commitment by the |
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| 25 | 30 | | department; |
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| 26 | 31 | | (B) is at least 18 years of age; and |
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| 27 | 32 | | (C) has given consent for the department to |
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| 28 | 33 | | disclose the information; and |
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| 29 | 34 | | (2) the department does not disclose any information |
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| 30 | 35 | | for which the person did not consent to disclosure and does not |
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| 31 | 36 | | disclose any information for a purpose other than the purpose for |
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| 32 | 37 | | which the person consented to disclosure. |
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| 33 | 38 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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