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House Bill 2331 |
House Author: Morrison |
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Effective: 9-1-05 |
Senate Sponsor: Nelson |
House Bill 2331 amends the Family Code to provide for the confidentiality of certain information, documents, records, hearings, and proceedings relating to the emergency possession by the Department of Family and Protective Services of certain abandoned children. The bill establishes procedures relating to the presumption of identity as the parent of a child for a person who delivers a child to a designated emergency infant care provider and to the termination of parental rights by the department. House Bill 2331 also creates a Class B misdemeanor offense for a person who knowingly violates the confidentiality and disclosure provisions.