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Texas Family Code - Section 162.005. Preparation Of Health, Social, Educational, And Genetic History Report

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§ 162.005. PREPARATION OF HEALTH, SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, 
AND GENETIC HISTORY REPORT.  (a) This section does not apply to an 
adoption by the child's:
		(1)  grandparent;                                                             
		(2)  aunt or uncle by birth, marriage, or prior 
adoption;  or               
		(3)  stepparent.                                                              
	(b)  Before placing a child for adoption, the Department of 
Protective and Regulatory Services, a licensed child-placing 
agency, or the child's parent or guardian shall compile a report on 
the available health, social, educational, and genetic history of 
the child to be adopted.
	(c)  The report shall include a history of physical, sexual, 
or emotional abuse suffered by the child, if any.
	(d)  If the child has been placed for adoption by a person or 
entity other than the department, a licensed child-placing agency, 
or the child's parent or guardian, it is the duty of the person or 
entity who places the child for adoption to prepare the report.
	(e)  The person or entity who places the child for adoption 
shall provide the prospective adoptive parents a copy of the report 
as early as practicable before the first meeting of the adoptive 
parents with the child.  The copy of the report shall be edited to 
protect the identity of birth parents and their families.
	(f)  The department, licensed child-placing agency, parent, 
guardian, person, or entity who prepares and files the original 
report is required to furnish supplemental medical, psychological, 
and psychiatric information to the adoptive parents if that 
information becomes available and to file the supplemental 
information where the original report is filed.  The supplemental 
information shall be retained for as long as the original report is 
required to be retained.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.           

Last modified: August 11, 2007