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Amend CSSB 1717 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 1 of the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the ARTICLE accordingly:

SECTION ____. Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 22.018 to read as follows:

Sec. 22.018. PUBLIC INFORMATION REGARDING CERTAIN PETITIONS AND MOTIONS. (a) The supreme court shall adopt rules governing the collection of statistical information relating to applications and appeals granted under Sections 33.003(h) and 33.004(b), Family Code. The information collected by the supreme court must include:

(1) the number of judicial bypass cases in which the court appointed a guardian ad litem;

(2) the number of judicial bypass cases in which the court appointed counsel;

(3) whether or not the guardian ad litem and counsel are the same individual;

(4) the number of judicial bypass cases in which the judge issued an order authorizing an abortion without notification; and

(5) the number of judicial bypass cases in which the judge denied an order, the number of appeals filed as a result of a denial, the number of denials that were affirmed, and the number of denials that were reversed.

(b) The information collected under this section must be available to the public in aggregate form on an administrative judicial region basis, as determined by the court.

(c) Statistical information collected under this section may not include the minor's name or any other confidential information of the minor.