Texas Family Code
§ 264.4061 — MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM RESPONSE REQUIRED
FA § 264.4061Title 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. E. CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS
Statute text
View on source(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.
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Legislative history
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 396 (S.B. 821), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2019.