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      87(R) HB 1190 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text
      
            87R18619 MCK-F
         
		By:  Krause, Gates, Minjarez
            H.B.  No.  1190
         
            Substitute the following for  H.B.  No.  1190:
         
            By:    Hull
            C.S.H.B.  No.  1190
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to a required court finding of abuse or neglect before an 
         
            individual's name is added to the central child abuse or neglect 
         
            registry.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Section 261.002, Family Code, is amended by 
         
            adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         
                          (a-1)    The department may not add to the central registry 
         
            maintained under this section the name of an individual found by the 
         
            department to have abused or neglected a child unless a court of 
         
            competent jurisdiction enters a final order in a civil, criminal, 
         
            or juvenile proceeding in which the court finds the individual 
         
            abused or neglected the child.
         
                          SECTION  2.    Section 261.002(a-1), Family Code, as added by 
         
            this Act, applies only to a finding that an individual abused or 
         
            neglected a child made by the Department of Family and Protective 
         
            Services on or after the effective date of this Act.  A finding made 
         
            by the department before that date is governed by the law in effect 
         
            on the date the finding was made, and the former law is continued in 
         
            effect for that purpose.
         
                          SECTION  3.    This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 261.002 Family Code, 261.103 Family Code
House Committee Report: 261.002 Family Code

	87R18619 MCK-F

	By: Krause, Gates, Minjarez	H.B. No. 1190

	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1190:

	By: Hull	C.S.H.B. No. 1190



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a required court finding of abuse or neglect before an
	individual's name is added to the central child abuse or neglect
	registry.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 261.002, Family Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
	(a-1) The department may not add to the central registry
	maintained under this section the name of an individual found by the
	department to have abused or neglected a child unless a court of
	competent jurisdiction enters a final order in a civil, criminal,
	or juvenile proceeding in which the court finds the individual
	abused or neglected the child.
	SECTION 2. Section 261.002(a-1), Family Code, as added by
	this Act, applies only to a finding that an individual abused or
	neglected a child made by the Department of Family and Protective
	Services on or after the effective date of this Act. A finding made
	by the department before that date is governed by the law in effect
	on the date the finding was made, and the former law is continued in
	effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.