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AN ACT
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relating to certain information included on a searchable database |
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on the Department of Family and Protective Services' Internet |
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website. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 42.025 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.025. SEARCHABLE DATABASE. (a) The department |
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shall maintain on the department's Internet website a searchable |
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database that includes the name, the address, and any |
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identification number, as applicable, of each family home |
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registered or listed under this chapter that previously had a |
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registration or listing involuntarily suspended or revoked under |
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this chapter with a permanent notation indicating the involuntary |
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suspension or revocation and the year in which the suspension or |
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revocation took effect or was final under this chapter. |
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(b) The executive commissioner may adopt rules as necessary |
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to implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than December 31, 2015, the Department |
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of Family and Protective Services shall include in a searchable |
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database the information required by Section 42.025, Human |
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Resources Code, as added by this Act, and the involuntary |
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suspension and revocation information on a registered or listed |
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family home for at least the five years preceding the date the |
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information is added to the database. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1180 was passed by the House on April |
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16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 1180 on May 18, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 0, |
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1 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1180 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |