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Amend HB 932 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 243.008, Human Resources Code, following added Section 243.008(b) (page 1, between lines 36 and 37), by adding new Sections 243.008(c), (d), and (e) as follows and relettering existing Subsection (c) and any subsequent subsections of the section as appropriate:
(c) The Department of Family and Protective Services shall, not later than the 14th day after receiving a request from a local juvenile probation department, provide the following information regarding a child in the custody of the probation department:
(1) whether the child is currently or has been in foster care; and
(2) if applicable, the number of times the child has previously been placed in foster care.
(d) The department, the Department of Family and Protective Services, and local juvenile probation departments shall collaborate to create a method or methods by which probation departments statewide may access information from the Department of Family and Protective Services relating to a child's placement in foster care. Not later than March 1, 2018, the department shall submit a report containing the method or methods created under this subsection to each member of the legislature and each standing committee of the legislature having primary jurisdiction over the department. This subsection expires April 1, 2018.