Bill Text: TX SB1206 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to access to certain health records and information regarding a child placed for adoption.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-09 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1206 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1206-Introduced.html
85R10122 MM-D | ||
By: Perry | S.B. No. 1206 |
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relating to access to certain health records and information | ||
regarding a child placed for adoption. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 162.005, Family Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) The department shall ensure that each licensed | ||
child-placing agency, single source continuum contractor, or other | ||
person placing a child for adoption receives a copy of any portion | ||
of the report prepared by the department. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 162.0062, Family Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) If a child is placed with a foster parent or a | ||
prospective adoptive parent prior to adoption, the foster parent or | ||
prospective adoptive parent 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 foster parent | ||
or prospective adoptive parent of the foster parent or prospective | ||
adoptive parent's 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. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 162.007, Family Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (g) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) The health history of the child must include information | ||
about: | ||
(1) the child's health status at the time of placement; | ||
(2) the child's birth, neonatal, and other medical, | ||
psychological, psychiatric, and dental history information, | ||
including to the extent known by the department: | ||
(A) whether the child's birth mother consumed | ||
alcohol during pregnancy; and | ||
(B) whether the child has been diagnosed with | ||
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; | ||
(3) a record of immunizations for the child; and | ||
(4) the available results of medical, psychological, | ||
psychiatric, and dental examinations of the child. | ||
(g) In this section, "fetal alcohol spectrum disorder" | ||
means any of a group of conditions that can occur in a person whose | ||
mother consumed alcohol during pregnancy. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |