89R7769 RAL-D     By: VanDeaver H.B. No. 2665       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to notification and disclosure of records and information   concerning an investigation of a report of child abuse or neglect to   county or district attorneys.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 261.1055, Family Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 261.1055.  NOTIFICATION AND RELEASE OF CERTAIN   INFORMATION TO COUNTY OR DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. (a)  The [A district   attorney may inform the department that the district attorney   wishes to receive notification of some or all reports of suspected   abuse or neglect of children who were in the county at the time the   report was made or who were in the county at the time of the alleged   abuse or neglect.          [(b)  If the district attorney makes the notification under   this section, the] department shall, on receipt of a report of   suspected abuse or neglect, immediately notify a county or [the]   district attorney with jurisdiction to investigate or prosecute the   reported abuse or neglect of the report.          (b)  On request by the county or district attorney, [as   requested and] the department shall forward a copy of the report of   abuse or neglect and all information concerning the investigation   of the reported abuse or neglect, including information that is   confidential under Section 261.201, [reports] to the county or   district attorney [on request].          (c)  The information released by the department to a county   or district attorney under Subsection (b) is not subject to public   release by the county or district attorney under Chapter 552,   Government Code, and may only be disclosed for purposes consistent   with Articles 39.14, 39.15, and 39.151, Code of Criminal Procedure.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.