Sec. 504.103. RECORDS OF COMPLAINTS


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  • (a) The department shall keep information about each complaint filed with the department. The information must include:

    (1) the date the complaint is received;

    (2) the name of the complainant;

    (3) the subject matter of the complaint;

    (4) a record of each person contacted in relation to the complaint;

    (5) a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint; and

    (6) for a complaint for which the department took no action, an explanation of the reason the complaint was closed without action.

    (b) The department shall keep an information file about each complaint filed with the department that the department has authority to resolve.

    (c) The department, at least quarterly and until final disposition of the complaint, shall notify the person filing the complaint and each person or entity that is the subject of the complaint of the status of the complaint unless the notice would jeopardize an undercover investigation.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1373 , Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2007.