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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to creating a database of individuals found by the |
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Department of Family and Protective Services to have abused or |
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neglected a child two or more times. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 261, Family Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 261.0021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 261.0021. DATABASE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ABUSE OR NEGLECT |
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A CHILD TWO OR MORE TIMES. (a) The department shall create a |
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database of individuals against whom the department makes a finding |
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of abuse or neglect of a child two or more times. |
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(b) The database shall include the person's name, address, |
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and a description of each incident of abuse or neglect. The database |
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may not include the name of any victim of abuse or neglect. |
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(c) Before the department may add a person's information |
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regarding the reported cases of abuse or neglect to the database, |
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the department shall provide written notice to the person that the |
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person will be added to the database. |
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(d) The department shall make the database available to all |
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department employees and to each child welfare board appointed by |
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the commissioners court of a county under Section 264.005. |
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(e) The commissioner of the department shall adopt rules |
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necessary to carry out this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |