{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-108.110","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 108.110","heading":"RELEASE OF INFORMATION BY VITAL STATISTICS UNIT.","body":"(a) The vital statistics unit shall provide to the Department of Family and Protective Services:\n(1) adoption information as necessary for the department to comply with federal law or regulations regarding the compilation or reporting of adoption information to federal officials; and\n(2) other information as necessary for the department to administer its duties.\n(b) The unit may release otherwise confidential information from the unit's central record files to another governmental entity that has a specific need for the information and maintains appropriate safeguards to prevent further dissemination of the information.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1390, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.042, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 108. CENTRAL RECORD FILE; VITAL STATISTICS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.108.htm#108.110","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"76e5282a7e4e8f13a1f0826b7ee2528a229549ba5c0095486df3754a3d6b7d0f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-108.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-109.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}