Tex. Fam. Code § 161.2021 · Subchapter C. HEARING AND ORDER
MEDICAL HISTORY REPORT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1258 (H.B. 1999), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.
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