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By: Burkett, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) |
H.B. No. 1180 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015; |
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April 23, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Health |
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and Human Services; May 7, 2015, reported adversely, with |
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favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, |
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Nays 0; May 7, 2015, sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1180 |
By: Kolkhorst |
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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, the address, and any |
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identification number, as applicable, of each family home |
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registered or listed under this chapter that previously had a |
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registration or listing involuntarily suspended or revoked under |
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this chapter with a permanent notation indicating the involuntary |
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suspension or revocation and the year in which the suspension or |
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revocation took effect or was final under this chapter. |
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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, and the involuntary |
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suspension and revocation information on a registered or listed |
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family home for at least the five years preceding the date the |
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information is added to the database. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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