§ 160.412 Furnishing of Information; Confidentiality
(a)
The vital statistics unit is not required to attempt to locate the mother of a child who is the subject of a registration. The vital statistics unit shall send a copy of the notice of the registration to a mother who has provided an address.
(b)
Information contained in the registry is confidential and may be released on request only to:
(1)
a court or a person designated by the court;
(2)
the mother of the child who is the subject of the registration;
(3)
an agency authorized by another law to receive the information;
(4)
a licensed child-placing agency;
(6)
a party, or the party’s attorney of record, to a proceeding under this chapter or a proceeding to adopt or to terminate parental rights regarding a child who is the subject of the registration; and
(7)
the registry of paternity in another state.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.070, eff. April 2, 2015.
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