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Amend HB 1113 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTION to the bill and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS 
accordingly:
	SECTION __.  Subchapter A, Chapter 58, Family Code, is 
amended by adding Section 58.0052 to read as follows:
	Sec. 58.0052.  EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION CONCERNING AT-RISK 
YOUTH.  (a)  In this section:
		(1)  "Agency" means any of the following entities, a 
person with an agency relationship with any of the following 
entities, or a person who contracts with any of the following 
entities:
			(A)  the Texas Youth Commission;                                      
			(B)  the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission;                         
			(C)  the Department of Family and Protective 
Services;              
			(D)  the Texas Education Agency;                                      
			(E)  a juvenile probation department;                                 
			(F)  a school district or open-enrollment charter 
school;           
			(G)  a local mental health or mental retardation 
authority;         
			(H)  a municipal or county health department;                         
			(I)  a hospital district; or                                          
			(J)  a county-funded program for at-risk youth.                       
		(2)  "At-risk youth" means a person who is under 18 
years of age and:
			(A)  who has been referred to a juvenile court for 
allegedly engaging in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a 
need for supervision;
			(B)  who:                                                             
				(i)  has been adjudicated as having engaged 
in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision; 
and
				(ii)  is in the custody of the Texas Youth 
Commission or a juvenile board or is under any form of juvenile 
probation or supervision; or
			(C)  who has a history of active involvement with 
the Department of Family and Protective Services or a local mental 
health or mental retardation authority.
	(b)  An agency shall:                                                   
		(1)  disclose to another agency information relating to 
an at-risk youth, including information concerning the at-risk 
youth's identity, needs, treatment, social, criminal, educational, 
and vocational history, probation or supervision status and 
compliance with the conditions of the at-risk youth's probation or 
supervision, and medical and mental health history, if the 
disclosure serves the purposes provided under Subsection (c); and
		(2)  accept information relating to an at-risk youth 
that is sent to the agency for the purposes provided under 
Subsection (c), regardless of whether other state law makes that 
information confidential.
	(c)  An agency may use information provided to the agency 
under this section only to assist the agency in:
		(1)  protecting the community; or                                      
		(2)  providing services to the at-risk youth who is the 
subject of the information.
	(d)  Before sharing information under this section, an 
agency may enter into a memorandum of understanding with one or more 
other agencies to specify:
		(1)  the types of information that may be exchanged 
among agencies under this section without violating any applicable 
provisions of federal law, including any federal funding 
requirements; and
		(2)  the protocols for information sharing, including 
methods for ensuring the continued protection of confidential 
information by the receiving agency.