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Texas Family Code - Section 161.2021. Medical History Report

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§ 161.2021. MEDICAL HISTORY REPORT.  (a) In a termination 
suit, the court shall order each parent before the court to provide 
information regarding the medical history of the parent and the 
parent's ancestors.
	(b)  A parent may comply with the court's order under this 
section by completing the medical history report form adopted by 
the Department of Family and Protective Services under Section 
161.1031.
	(c)  If the Department of Family and Protective Services is a 
party to the termination suit, the information provided under this 
section must be maintained in the department records relating to 
the child and made available to persons with whom the child is 
placed.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1258, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.          

Last modified: August 11, 2007