Amend CSHB 730 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 4, line 25, strike "without legal counsel present or".
(2) On page 4, between lines 26 and 27, add the following appropriately lettered paragraph and reletter subsequent paragraphs of the subdivision accordingly:
(____) have legal counsel present before allowing the investigator to enter the home or interview the child;
(3) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter D, Chapter 261, Family Code, is amended by adding Section 261.3081 to read as follows:
Sec. 261.3081. NOTICE REGARDING CHANGES MADE BY DEPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATION REPORT. The department shall notify the following interested parties of any edits or corrections, other than edits or corrections to remedy spelling or grammatical errors, the department makes to the written report prepared by the department under Section 261.308:
(1) the child's parent;
(2) the attorney for the child's parent if represented by an attorney;
(3) an attorney ad litem for the child appointed under Chapter 107;
(4) a guardian ad litem for the child appointed under Chapter 107, including a volunteer advocate; and
(5) any other person the court determines has an interest in the child's welfare.