Amend HB 63 (senate committee report) as follows:

(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike added Section 261.401(b)(1), Family Code (page 1, lines 46 and 47) and substitute the following:

(1)  the department discourages anonymous reports of abuse or neglect;

(2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 261.104(c), Family Code (page 1, line 57), immediately after the underlined period, add "If the department representative or other person receiving the report is not able to obtain the information described by Subsection (a)(4), the department may investigate the report as provided by Section 261.304."

(3)  Strike SECTION 3 of the bill (page 2, lines 24 through 32) and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.