Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 191.0047
Birth Information for Department of Family and Protective Services

(a)

The department shall implement an efficient and effective method to verify birth information or provide a certified copy of a birth record necessary to provide services for the benefit of a minor being served by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

(b)

The department shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Family and Protective Services to implement this section. Subject to Subsection (c), the terms of the memorandum of understanding must include methods for reimbursing the department in an amount that is not more than the actual costs the department incurs in verifying the birth information or providing the birth record to the Department of Family and Protective Services.

(c)

The department may not collect a fee or other amount for verification of birth information or provision of a certified copy of the birth record under Subsection (a) for a child in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services if parental rights to the child have been terminated and the child is eligible for adoption.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1406 (S.B. 758), Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 758 (S.B. 703), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0533, eff. April 2, 2015.

Source: Section 191.0047 — Birth Information for Department of Family and Protective Services, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­191.­htm#191.­0047 (accessed Dec. 2, 2023).

191.001
Definitions 191.002
Powers and Duties of Department 191.003
Powers and Duties of Executive Commissioner and Department 191.004
State Registrar 191.005
Vital Statistics Account 191.006
Records of Persons in Hospitals and Institutions 191.007
Regulation by Certain Municipalities 191.008
Sorting Collected Data 191.009
Use of Diacritical Marks 191.010
Death Information for Department of Public Safety 191.0011
Reference in Other Law 191.011
Death Information Provided to Secretary of State 191.021
Registration Districts 191.022
Local Registrars 191.023
Consolidation of County and Municipal Maintenance of Birth and Death Records 191.024
Reports of Information 191.025
Record Books and Certificates 191.026
Local Records 191.027
Review of Certificate by Local Registrar 191.028
Amendment of Certificate 191.029
Certificates or Report Sent to State Registrar 191.031
Review of Certificates by State Registrar 191.0031
Certified Copies by Mail 191.032
State Records 191.033
Addenda 191.034
Notation of Death on Birth Certificate 191.036
Spanish Surname Information 191.0045
Fees 191.0046
Fee Exemptions 191.0047
Birth Information for Department of Family and Protective Services 191.0048
Voluntary Contribution to Texas Home Visiting Program 191.0049
Birth Record Issued to Foster Child or Youth or Homeless Child or Youth 191.051
Certified Copies 191.052
Certified Copy as Evidence 191.056
Copies Collected by National Agency 191.057
Records with Addenda 191.071
Criminal Background Check Required 191.00491
Birth Record Issued to Victims and Children of Victims of Dating or Family Violence
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Accessed:
Dec. 2, 2023

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