Texas § 264.4061 MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM RESPONSE REQUIRED.

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§ 264.4061 — MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM RESPONSE REQUIRED.

Texas § 264.4061

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Bluebook

Tex. Family Code Code Ann. § 264.4061 (2026).

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Sec. 264.4061. MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM RESPONSE REQUIRED.

(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 f

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Sec. 264.4061. MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM RESPONSE REQUIRED. (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.

Legislative 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.