S.B. No. 277 4-1 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 4-2 Amend Senate Bill 277 as follows: 4-3 Add a new Section to read as follows: 4-4 SECTION ____. Section 192.003, Health and Safety Code, is 4-5 amended by adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows: 4-6 (d) Upon the birth of a child, the hospital, the physician, 4-7 midwife, or person acting as a midwife in attendance or their 4-8 designee at a birth may: 4-9 (1) Provide an opportunity for the child's mother and 4-10 biological father to sign a form prescribed by the department in 4-11 which the biological father consents to be named as the child's 4-12 father on the child's birth certificate; and 4-13 (2) Provide written information, including an 4-14 application for child support services, furnished by the attorney 4-15 general, to the mother regarding the benefits of having her child's 4-16 paternity established and of the availability of paternity 4-17 establishment services. 4-18 (e) The local registrar shall transmit signed consent forms 4-19 to the state registrar. 4-20 (f) The state registrar shall transmit signed consent forms 4-21 to the attorney general who may use such forms for any purpose 4-22 directly connected with the provision of child support services 4-23 pursuant to Chapter 76, Human Resources Code. 4-24 Rodriguez