Texas Family Code
§ 261.308 — SUBMISSION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT
FA § 261.308Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part E. PROTECTION OF THE CHILD · Ch. 261. INVESTIGATION OF REPORT OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT · Art. D. INVESTIGATIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)The department shall make a complete written report of the investigation.
(b)Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 , Sec. 86(9), eff. September 1, 2015.
(c)Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 , Sec. 86(9), eff. September 1, 2015.
(d)The department shall release information regarding a person alleged to have committed abuse or neglect to persons who have control over the person's access to children, including, as appropriate, the Texas Education Agency, the State Board for Educator Certification, the local school board or the school's governing body, the superintendent of the school district, the public school principal or director, the director of the open-enrollment charter school, or the chief executive officer of the private school if the department determines that:
(1)the person alleged to have committed abuse or neglect poses a substantial and immediate risk of harm to one or more children outside the family of a child who is the subject of the investigation; and
(2)the release of the information is necessary to assist in protecting one or more children from the person alleged to have committed abuse or neglect.
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Legislative history
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1372 (S.B. 9), Sec. 13, eff. June 15, 2007. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.137, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 206), Sec. 86(9), eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 987 (S.B. 1231), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1138 (S.B. 571), Sec. 1.36, eff. June 20, 2025.