Bill Text: TX HB3746 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to access to certain health records and information by certain individuals regarding a child placed in foster care.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-23 - Left pending in committee [HB3746 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3746-Introduced.html
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By: Krause | H.B. No. 3746 |
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relating to access to certain health records and information by | ||
certain individuals regarding a child placed in foster care. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 162.0062, Family Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a-1) and adding Subsection (a-2) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a-1) If a child is placed with a prospective adoptive | ||
parent prior to adoption or if a child who is medically fragile is | ||
placed with or is to be placed with a foster parent, the prospective | ||
adoptive parent, the foster parent, or the prospective foster | ||
parent, as applicable, is entitled to examine any record or other | ||
information relating to the child's health history, including the | ||
portion of the report prepared under Section 162.005 for the child | ||
that relates to the child's health. The department, licensed | ||
child-placing agency, single source continuum contractor, or other | ||
person placing a child for adoption shall inform the prospective | ||
adoptive parent, the foster parent, or the prospective foster | ||
parent of that individual's [ |
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right to examine the records and other information relating to the | ||
child's health history. The department, licensed child-placing | ||
agency, single source continuum contractor, or other person placing | ||
the child for adoption shall edit the records and information to | ||
protect the identity of the biological parents and any other person | ||
whose identity is confidential. | ||
(a-2) In this section, "child who is medically fragile" | ||
means a child who qualifies for benefits under the medically | ||
dependent children (MDCP) waiver program. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |