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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the required submission by certain general residential |
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operations of information requested by courts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 42.066 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.066. REQUIRED SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION REQUESTED |
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BY COURT. A general residential operation that provides mental |
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health treatment or services to a child in the managing |
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conservatorship of the department shall timely submit to the court |
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in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship under Subtitle E, |
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Title 5, Family Code, all information requested by that court. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |