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Amend CSSB 1489 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____.  Section 58.106, Family Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a)  Except as otherwise provided by this section, information contained in the juvenile justice information system is confidential information for the use of the department and may not be disseminated by the department except:
(1)  with the permission of the juvenile offender, to military personnel of this state or the United States;
(2)  to a person or entity to which the department may grant access to adult criminal history records as provided by Section 411.083, Government Code;
(3)  to a juvenile justice agency;
(4)  to the Texas Youth Commission and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission for analytical purposes; [and]
(5)  to the office of independent ombudsman of the Texas Youth Commission; and
(6)  to a county, justice, or municipal court exercising jurisdiction over a juvenile under Section 54.021.
(a-1)  Information disseminated under Subsection (a) remains confidential after dissemination and may be disclosed by the recipient only as provided by this title.