LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 17, 2025

TO:	Honorable Lois W. Kolkhorst, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB500 by Sparks (Relating to access to certain information in the adoption process.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to ensure that licensed child-placing agencies, single source continuum contractors (SSCCs), or other person placing a child for adoption, receives a copy of the health, social, educational, and genetic history (HSEGH) report of the child, no later than the 45th day after the latter of the date the child's permanency plan is changed to include adoption or the date the court renders an order terminating parental rights. The bill would also require the redaction of certain information. 

It is assumed that any costs to the Department of Family and Protective Services could be absorbed within existing appropriations. 

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

530 Family and Protective Services, Department of

LBB Staff:

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