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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 in which information |
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relating to each child in the department's conservatorship is |
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maintained: |
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(1) provides a date stamp for each entry of |
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information in the electronic database; |
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(2) tracks any change to the information in the |
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electronic database, including identifying the person who modifies |
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or deletes information in the electronic database; and |
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(3) strictly limits the ability to modify or delete |
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information in the electronic database to only persons who provide |
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relevant case functions that may require modification or deletion |
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of information and only as necessary to perform those functions. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |