S.B. No. 948         AN ACT   relating to certain information provided to prospective adoptive   parents by the Department of Family and Protective Services.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 162, Family Code, is   amended by adding Section 162.0086 to read as follows:          Sec. 162.0086.  INFORMATION REGARDING SIBLING ACCESS.   (a)  The Department of Family and Protective Services shall provide   information to each person seeking to adopt a child placed for   adoption by the department regarding the right of a child's sibling   to file a suit for access to the child under Sections 102.0045 and   153.551.          (b)  The department may provide the information required   under Subsection (a) on any form or application provided to   prospective adoptive parents.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 948 passed the Senate on   April 19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 948 passed the House on   May 24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, two   present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor