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House Bill 3259 |
House Author: Wu |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Huffman |
House Bill 3259 amends the Family Code to require the records relating to the history of a child that the prospective adoptive parents of the child are entitled to examine to include any records relating to an investigation of abuse in which the child was an alleged or confirmed victim of sexual abuse while residing in a foster home or other residential child-care facility. The bill requires the Department of Family and Protective Services to provide such information to the prospective adoptive parents of the child at the request of a licensed child-placing agency or other person placing the child for adoption who does not have the information. The bill replaces references to audiotapes with references to audio recordings and references to videotaped interviews with references to video recordings of interviews in provisions relating to the release of a case record and the use, confidentiality, and ownership of certain information and records in an investigation of child abuse and neglect.