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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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. |
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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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |