Texas Family Code
§ 264.017 — REQUIRED REPORTING
FA § 264.017Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part E. PROTECTION OF THE CHILD · Ch. 264. CHILD WELFARE SERVICES · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)The department shall prepare and disseminate a report of statistics by county relating to key performance measures and data elements for child protection.
(b)The department shall provide the report required by Subsection (a) to the legislature and shall publish the report and make the report available electronically to the public not later than December 1 of each year. The report must include, with respect to the preceding year:
(1)information on the number and disposition of reports of child abuse and neglect received by the department;
(2)information on the number of clients for whom the department took protective action, including investigations, alternative responses, and court-ordered removals;
(3)information on the number of clients for whom the department provided services in each program administered by the child protective services division, including investigations, alternative responses, family-based safety services, conservatorship, post-adoption services, and transitional living services;
(4)the number of children in this state who died as a result of child abuse or neglect;
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Legislative history
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1078 (S.B. 614), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 222 (H.B. 2809), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.