Tex. Fam. Code § 264.406 · Subchapter E. CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS
MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A center's multidisciplinary team must include employees of the participating agencies described by Section 264.403(a).
(b) A representative of any other entity may participate in the multidisciplinary team response as provided by the multidisciplinary team working protocol adopted under Section 264.4031 if:
(1) the entity participates in or provides the following:
(A) child abuse or neglect investigations;
(B) abuse or neglect investigations involving persons with a disability;
(C) services to alleged child abuse or neglect victims; or
(D) services to alleged victims who are persons with a disability;
(2) the center and the participating agencies agree in writing to the entity's participation; and
(3) the entity signs the memorandum of understanding executed under Section 264.403 and the working protocol adopted under Section 264.4031.
(c) A multidisciplinary team shall be actively involved in the following multidisciplinary team response:
(1) coordinating the actions of the participating agencies involved in the investigation and prosecution of cases and the delivery of services to alleged abuse or neglect victims and the victims' families; and
(2) conducting at regularly scheduled intervals multidisciplinary review of appropriate abuse or neglect cases as provided by the working protocol adopted under Section 264.4031.
(d) A multidisciplinary team may review an abuse or neglect case in which the alleged perpetrator is not a person responsible for a child's care, custody, or welfare.
(e) A multidisciplinary team member is authorized to share with and receive from other multidisciplinary team members information made confidential by Chapter 552, Government Code, Section 40.005 or 48.101, Human Resources Code, or Section 261.201 or 264.408 of this code when acting in the member's official capacity as an employee of a participating agency described by Section 264.403(a) or of another entity described by Subsection (b).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 255, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 575, Sec. 32, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 185, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 396 (S.B. 821), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2019.
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- Tex. Fam. Code § 261.201CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.Printed as Section 261.201 or 264.408
- Tex. Fam. Code § 264.403INTERAGENCY MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.Printed as Section 264.403 | Section 264.403(a)
- Tex. Fam. Code § 264.4031MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM WORKING PROTOCOL.Printed as Section 264.4031
- Tex. Fam. Code § 264.408USE OF INFORMATION AND RECORDS; CONFIDENTIALITY AND OWNERSHIP.Printed as Section 261.201 or 264.408
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