Section 108.003 - Transmittal of Information Regarding Adoption(a) The clerk of a court that renders a decree of adoption shall, not later than the 10th day of the first month after the month in which the adoption is rendered, transmit to the central registry of the vital statistics unit a certified report of adoption that includes:(1) the name of the adopted child after adoption as shown in the adoption order;(2) the birth date of the adopted child;(3) the docket number of the adoption suit;(4) the identity of the court rendering the adoption;(5) the date of the adoption order;(6) the name and address of each parent, guardian, managing conservator, or other person whose consent to adoption was required or waived under Chapter 162, or whose parental rights were terminated in the adoption suit;(7) the identity of the licensed child placing agency, if any, through which the adopted child was placed for adoption; and(8) the identity, address, and telephone number of the registry through which the adopted child may register as an adoptee.(b) Except as otherwise provided by law, for good cause shown, or on an order of the court that granted the adoption or terminated the proceedings under Section 155.001, the records concerning a child maintained by the district clerk after rendition of a decree of adoption, the records of a child-placing agency that has ceased operations, and the records required under this section to be maintained by the vital statistics unit are confidential, and no person is entitled to access to or information from these records.(c) If the vital statistics unit determines that a report filed with the unit under this section requires correction, the unit shall mail the report directly to an attorney of record with respect to the adoption. The attorney shall return the corrected report to the unit. If there is no attorney of record, the unit shall mail the report to the clerk of the court for correction.Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 1.035, eff. 4/2/2015.Amended By Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1128, Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/2003.Amended By Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 6.16, eff. 9/1/1999Amended By Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1390, Sec. 9, eff. 9/1/1999Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, Sec. 17, eff. 9/1/1995Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. 4/20/1995.