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AN ACT
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relating to the provision of a certified copy of a birth certificate |
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for certain minors receiving services from the Department of Family |
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and Protective Services and to the amendment of birth and death |
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certificates. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 191.0047, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The Department of State Health Services shall enter into |
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a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Family and |
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Protective Services to implement this section. Subject to |
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Subsection (c), the [The] terms of the memorandum of understanding |
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must include methods for reimbursing the Department of State Health |
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Services in an amount that is not more than the actual costs the |
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department incurs in verifying the birth information or providing |
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the birth record to the Department of Family and Protective |
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Services. |
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(c) The Department of State Health Services may not collect |
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a fee or other amount for verification of birth information or |
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provision of a certified copy of the birth record under Subsection |
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(a) for a child in the managing conservatorship of the Department of |
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Family and Protective Services if parental rights to the child have |
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been terminated and the child is eligible for adoption. |
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SECTION 2. Section 191.028, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) Not later than the 30th business day after the date the |
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department receives an amending certificate, the department shall |
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notify the individual of whether the amendment has been accepted |
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for filing. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies only to amending certificates |
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filed on or after the effective date of this Act. Amending |
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certificates filed before the effective date of this Act are |
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governed by the law in effect immediately before that date, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 703 passed the Senate on |
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March 19, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2009, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 703 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 143, |
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Nays 2, one present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |