Tex. Fam. Code § 161.1031 · Subchapter B. PROCEDURES
MEDICAL HISTORY REPORT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A parent who signs an affidavit of voluntary relinquishment of parental rights under Section 161.103 regarding a biological child must also prepare a medical history report that addresses the medical history of the parent and the parent's ancestors.
(b) The Department of Family and Protective Services, in cooperation with the Department of State Health Services, shall adopt a form that a parent may use to comply with this section. The form must be designed to permit a parent to identify any medical condition of the parent or the parent's ancestors that could indicate a predisposition for the child to develop the condition.
(c) The medical history report shall be used in preparing the health, social, educational, and genetic history report required by Section 162.005 and shall be made available to persons granted access under Section 162.006 in the manner provided by that section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1258 (H.B. 1999), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.161.htm
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Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 161.103AFFIDAVIT OF VOLUNTARY RELINQUISHMENT OF PARENTAL RIGHTS.Printed as Section 161.103
- Tex. Fam. Code § 162.005PREPARATION OF HEALTH, SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND GENETIC HISTORY REPORT.Printed as Section 162.005
- Tex. Fam. Code § 162.006ACCESS TO HEALTH, SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND GENETIC HISTORY REPORT; RETENTION.Printed as Section 162.006
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