Tex. Fam. Code § 264.4061 · Subchapter E. CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS
MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM RESPONSE REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department shall refer a case to a center and the center shall initiate a response by a center's multidisciplinary team appointed under Section 264.406 when conducting an investigation of:
(1) a report of abuse or neglect that is made by a professional as defined by Section 261.101 and that:
(A) alleges sexual abuse of a child; or
(B) is a type of case handled by the center in accordance with the working protocol adopted for the center under Section 264.4031; or
(2) a child fatality in which there are surviving children in the deceased child's household or under the supervision of the caregiver involved in the child fatality.
(b) Any interview of a child conducted as part of the investigation under Subsection (a) must be a forensic interview conducted in accordance with the center's working protocol adopted under Section 264.4031 unless a forensic interview is not appropriate based on the child's age and development or the center's working protocol adopted under Section 264.4031.
(c) Subsection (a) applies only to an investigation of abuse or neglect in a county served by a center that has executed an interagency memorandum of understanding under Section 264.403. If a county is not served by a center that has executed an interagency memorandum of understanding, the department may, if appropriate, directly refer a case to a center in an adjacent county to initiate a response by that center's multidisciplinary team.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 945 (S.B. 1806), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 396 (S.B. 821), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.264.htm
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 261.101PERSONS REQUIRED TO REPORT; TIME TO REPORT.Printed as Section 261.101
- Tex. Fam. Code § 264.403INTERAGENCY MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.Printed as Section 264.403
- Tex. Fam. Code § 264.4031MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM WORKING PROTOCOL.Printed as Section 264.4031
- Tex. Fam. Code § 264.406MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM.Printed as Section 264.406
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