SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Jurisprudence
TIME & DATE:
10:00 AM, Monday, June 16, 2008
PLACE:
Fort Worth City Council Chamber
CHAIR:
Senator Jeff Wentworth
The Senate Jurisprudence Committee will hold a public meeting on Monday,
June 16, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. at the Fort Worth City Council Chamber, 1000
Throckmorton Street, Fort Worth, Texas  76102.  The Committee will discuss
the following interim charges:
 
(Charge 2)  Study the management and storage of adoption records,
including the costs and benefits of converting records into digital
format.  Study ways to increase access by adopted persons and their
children and spouses to important family medical history information and
ensure that medical history information is updated, while maintaining
privacy and anonymity of records.
 
(Charge 3)  Examine the role of heir finders in Texas and make
recommendations regarding professional standards and fees for heir
finders.