Amend CSSB 6 as follows:
1) In Section 1.16 of the bill, in amended Section 261.307,
Family Code, subsection (a) (Senate committee printing page 6, line
29), between "shall" and "provide", by inserting "make every
reasonable effort to"
2) In Section 1.16 of the bill, in amended Section 261.307,
Family Code (Senate committee printing page 6, lines 30-53), by
striking Subsection (a)(1) and substituting the following:
(1) a [brief and easily understood] summary that [of]:
(A) is brief and easily understood;
(B) is written in a language that the person
understands, or if the person is illiterate, is read to the person
in a language that the person understands; and
(C) contains the following information:
(i) [(1)] the department's procedures for
conducting an investigation of alleged child abuse or neglect,
including:
(a) [(A)] a description of the
circumstances under which the department would request to remove
the child from the home through the judicial system; and
(b) [(B)] an explanation that the
law requires the department to refer all reports of alleged child
abuse or neglect to a law enforcement agency for a separate
determination of whether a criminal violation occurred;
(ii) [(2)] the person's right to file a
complaint with the department or to request a review of the findings
made by the department in the investigation;
(iii) [(3)] the person's right to review
all records of the investigation unless the review would jeopardize
an ongoing criminal investigation or the child's safety;
(iv) [(4)] the person's right to seek
legal counsel;
(v) [(5)] references to the statutory and
regulatory provisions governing child abuse and neglect and how the
person may obtain copies of those provisions; and
(vi) [(6)] the process the person may use
to acquire access to the child if the child is removed from the
home;