85R8493 MM-F     By: Frullo H.B. No. 4013       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the release of a child taken into possession by a law   enforcement or juvenile probation officer.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended by adding Article 2.273 to read as follows:          Art. 2.273.  RELEASE OF CHILD BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OR JUVENILE   PROBATION OFFICER. (a)  A law enforcement or juvenile probation   officer who takes possession of a child under Section 262.104,   Family Code, may release the child to:                (1)  a residential child-care facility licensed by the   Department of Family and Protective Services under Chapter 42,   Human Resources Code, if the facility is authorized by the   department to take possession of the child;                (2)  a juvenile probation department;                (3)  the Department of Family and Protective Services;   or                (4)  any other person authorized by law to take   possession of the child.          (b)  Before a law enforcement or juvenile probation officer   may release a child to a person authorized by law to take possession   of the child other than a governmental entity, the officer shall:                (1)  verify with the National Crime Information Center   that the child is not a missing child;                (2)  search the relevant databases of the National   Crime Information Center system, including those pertaining to   protection orders, historical protection orders, warrants, sex   offender registries, and persons on supervised release to:                      (A)  verify that the person to whom the child is   being released:                            (i)  does not have an outstanding warrant;                            (ii)  does not have a protective order   issued against the person; and                             (iii)  is not registered as a sex offender;   and                      (B)  obtain any other information the Department   of Family and Protective Services considers:                            (i)  relevant to protect the welfare of the   child; or                            (ii)  reflective of the responsibility of   the person to whom the child is being released;                (3)  search the central registry of reported cases of   child abuse or neglect established under Section 261.002, Family   Code, to determine whether the person to whom the child is being   released is listed in the registry as a person who abused or   neglected a child;                (4)  verify that the person to whom the child is being   released is at least 18 years of age; and                (5)  complete a form prescribed by the Department of   Family and Protective Services that contains information about the   child's placement, including:                      (A)  identifying information about the child,   including the child's name and pseudonyms; and                      (B)  the name and address of the person to whom the   child is being released.           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.