84R11341 MCK-D
By: Moody H.B. No. 2651
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to law enforcement agency investigations of certain
reports of child abuse or neglect.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 261, Family Code, is
amended by adding Section 261.317 to read as follows:
Sec. 261.317. LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION FOLLOWING
REMOVAL OF CHILD. If a child who is the subject of a report of abuse
or neglect is removed from the child's home, the department shall
notify the local law enforcement agency of the removal and the local
law enforcement agency shall conduct its own investigation of the
report of abuse or neglect.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.