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Senate Bill 330 |
Senate Author: Huffman et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
House Sponsor: Thompson, Senfronia |
Senate Bill 330 amends the Family Code to entitle a social study evaluator to obtain from the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) a complete, unredacted copy of any investigative record regarding abuse or neglect that relates to any person residing in the residence subject to the social study. The bill makes the records confidential and exempt from disclosure under state public information law or disclosure in response to a subpoena or a discovery request, but authorizes disclosure in the social study report of information obtained to the extent the evaluator determines the information is relevant to the social study or a recommendation made in relation to a social study. The bill makes it a Class A misdemeanor offense for a person to disclose confidential information obtained from DFPS.