Tex. Health & Safety Code § 811.005 · Chapter 811. EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN FACILITIES TO PREVENT PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN
TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A facility must provide training to each employee, volunteer, or independent contractor who may be placed in direct contact with a child. The training must include:
(1) recognition of the signs of physical and sexual abuse and reporting requirements for suspected physical and sexual abuse;
(2) the facility's policies related to reporting of physical and sexual abuse; and
(3) methods for maintaining professional and appropriate relationships with children.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 614 (H.B. 3153), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.811.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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