79R11342 KKA-D


By:  Van Arsdale                                                  H.B. No. 1999

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1999:                                   

By:  Davis of Harris                                          C.S.H.B. No. 1999



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the preparation of medical history reports by parents 
who relinquish children for adoption.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 161, Family Code, is 
amended by adding Section 161.1031 to read as follows:
	Sec. 161.1031.  MEDICAL HISTORY REPORT.  (a)  A parent who 
signs an affidavit of voluntary relinquishment of parental rights 
under Section 161.103 regarding a biological child must also 
prepare a medical history report that addresses the medical history 
of the parent and the parent's ancestors.
	(b)  The Department of Family and Protective Services, in 
cooperation with the Department of State Health Services, shall 
adopt a form that a parent may use to comply with this section.  The 
form must be designed to permit a parent to identify any medical 
condition of the parent or the parent's ancestors that could 
indicate a predisposition for the child to develop the condition.
	(c)  The medical history report shall be used in preparing 
the health, social, educational, and genetic history report 
required by Section 162.005 and shall be made available to persons 
granted access under Section 162.006 in the manner provided by that 
section.
	SECTION 2.  Section 161.1031, Family Code, as added by this 
Act, applies only to a person who signs an affidavit of voluntary 
relinquishment of parental rights under Section 161.103, Family 
Code, on or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.