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	Amend Amendment No. 7 by Naishtat to CSSB 6 as follows:                      
	(1)  Strike page 5, line 30 through page 6, line 13 of the 
amendment and substitute the following:
	Sec. 266.006.  HEALTH PASSPORT.  (a)  The commission, in 
conjunction with the department, and with the assistance of 
physicians and other health care providers experienced in the care 
of foster children and children with disabilities and with the use 
of electronic health records, shall develop and provide a health 
passport for each foster child.  The passport must be maintained in 
an electronic format and use the commission's and the department's 
existing computer resources to the greatest extent possible.
	(b)  The executive commissioner of the commission shall adopt 
rules specifying the information required to be included in the 
passport.  The required information may include:
		(1)  the name and address of each of the child's 
physicians and health care providers;
		(2)  a record of each visit to a physician or other 
health care provider, including routine checkups conducted in 
accordance with the Texas Health Steps program;
		(3)  an immunization record that may be exchanged with 
ImmTrac;      
		(4)  a list of the child's known health problems and 
allergies;      
		(5)  information on all medications prescribed to the 
child in adequate detail to permit refill of prescriptions, 
including the disease or condition that the medication treats; and
		(6)  any other available health history that physicians 
and other health care providers who provide care for the child 
determine is important.
	(c)  The system used to access the health passport must be 
secure and maintain the confidentiality of the child's health 
records.
	(d)  Health passport information shall be part of the 
department's record for the child as long as the child remains in 
foster care.
	(e)  The commission shall provide training or instructional 
materials to foster parents, physicians, and other health care 
providers regarding use of the health passport.
	(f)  The department shall make health passport information 
available in printed and electronic formats to the following 
individuals when a child is discharged from foster care:
		(1)  the child's legal guardian, managing conservator, 
or parent; or 
		(2)  the child, if the child is at least 18 years of age 
or has had the disabilities of minority removed.
	(2)  Strike page 12, lines 4-28 of the amendment, and 
substitute the following:
	(b)  Not later than September 1, 2007, the Department of 
Family and Protective Services shall implement the health passport 
required by Section 266.006, Family Code, as added by this section.
	(c)  The Health and Human Services Commission is required to 
develop and implement the education passport program required by 
Section 266.008, Family Code, as added by this section, if the 
legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose.  If 
the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that 
purpose, the commission may, but is not required to, develop and 
implement the education passport program using other 
appropriations available for that purpose.  In addition, the 
commission may develop and implement the education passport program 
required by Section 266.008, Family Code, as added by this section, 
only if technology necessary to ensure privacy is available.
	(d)  If the Health and Human Services Commission develops and 
implements the education passport program required by Section 
266.008, Family Code, as added by this section, the commission 
shall finalize the form and content of the passport not later than 
March 1, 2006.