85R4232 MK-D     By: Wu H.B. No. 708       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the provision of certain evidence on request to certain   parties in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by   the Department of Family and Protective Services.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 262, Family Code, is   amended by adding Section 262.014 to read as follows:          Sec. 262.014.  DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN EVIDENCE.  On the   request of the attorney for a parent who is a party in a suit   affecting the parent-child relationship filed under this chapter,   or the attorney ad litem for the parent's child, the Department of   Family and Protective Services shall, before the full adversary   hearing, provide:                (1)  the name of any person, excluding a department   employee, who the department believes is a witness to any of the   allegations contained in the petition filed by the department;                (2)  a copy of any arrest record or offense report   relating to the parent that is material to the allegations   contained in the petition filed by the department; and                (3)  a copy of any photograph that constitutes or   contains evidence that is material to the allegations contained in   the petition filed by the department.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed on or after   the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.