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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain information included on a searchable database |
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on the Department of Family and Protective Services' Internet |
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website. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 42.025 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.025. SEARCHABLE DATABASE. (a) The department |
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shall maintain on the department's Internet website a searchable |
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database that includes the name of each family home registered or |
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listed under this chapter that previously had a registration or |
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listing involuntarily suspended or revoked under this chapter with |
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a permanent notation indicating the involuntary suspension or |
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revocation and the year in which the suspension or revocation took |
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effect or was final under Section 42.072. |
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(b) The executive commissioner may adopt rules as necessary |
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to implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than December 31, 2015, the Department |
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of Family and Protective Services shall include in a searchable |
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database the information required by Section 42.025, Human |
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Resources Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |