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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the system for maintaining records relating to children |
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in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective |
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Services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 40.043 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 40.043. CASE TRACKING AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT |
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SYSTEM. The department shall ensure that the department's case |
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tracking and information management system: |
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(1) locks information related to any stage of service |
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entered in a case narrative in the system by appropriate department |
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staff, representatives, or agents after approval by department |
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management; |
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(2) after information is locked in the case narrative |
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in the system as provided by Subdivision (1): |
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(A) prevents modification of the information by |
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any department staff, representative, or agent unless authorized by |
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order of a court; and |
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(B) allows appropriate department staff, |
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representatives, and agents to make supplemental entries to the |
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case narrative to update or provide additional information relevant |
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to the case; and |
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(3) for any substantive change to information in the |
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system, other than a change to the case narrative, requires the |
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identity of the person making the change and the date the change is |
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made to be included in the system. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |