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79R1801 KKA-D

By:  Van de Putte                                                 S.B. No. 216



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of a local child fatality review team to 
obtain relevant records at no cost to the team.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 264.509(b), Family Code, is amended to 
read as follows:  
	(b)  On request of the presiding officer of a review team, 
the custodian of the relevant information and records relating to a 
deceased child shall provide those records to the review team at no 
cost to the review team.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.