83R9684 MCK-F
By: Raymond H.B. No. 3400
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain anonymous reports of suspected child abuse or
neglect.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 261.103, Family Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Each entity listed in Subsection (a) shall develop a
system that allows a professional, as defined by Section
261.101(b), to make an anonymous report of suspected child abuse or
neglect. The reporting system under this subsection must provide
the professional with a unique number or other identifier that the
professional can use as verification of the professional's report.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.