Sec. 42.0451. DATABASE OF FOSTER HOMES; INFORMATION PROVIDED TO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. (a) The department shall maintain a database of licensed foster homes and verified agency foster homes including the current address for each licensed or verified home as reported to the department. The database must be updated on a regular basis.
(b) The department shall make the database available to the Department of Public Safety for the purposes of Subsection (c).
(c) The Department of Public Safety shall include the information provided under Subsection (b) in the Texas Crime Information Center database and establish a procedure by which a peace officer or employee of a law enforcement agency who provides the department with a street address is automatically provided information as to whether the address is licensed as a foster home or verified as an agency foster home under this chapter.
(d) Information provided to the Department of Public Safety under this section is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 524 (S.B. 723), Sec. 6, eff. June 16, 2007.
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