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| 1 | 1 | 87R4808 MLH-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Minjarez H.B. No. 1009 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to reporting the serious bodily injury of a child; | |
| 8 | 8 | providing a criminal penalty. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 261.101, Family Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a-1) A person shall immediately make a report as provided | |
| 13 | 13 | by this subchapter if the person knows that: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) a child suffered a serious bodily injury, as | |
| 15 | 15 | defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code; and | |
| 16 | 16 | (2) the serious bodily injury was caused by abuse or | |
| 17 | 17 | neglect. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. Section 261.109, Family Code, is amended by | |
| 19 | 19 | adding Subsections (a-2) and (b-1) to read as follows: | |
| 20 | 20 | (a-2) A person commits an offense if the person is required | |
| 21 | 21 | to make a report under Section 261.101(a-1) and knowingly fails to | |
| 22 | 22 | make a report as provided in this chapter. | |
| 23 | 23 | (b-1) An offense under Subsection (a-2) is a state jail | |
| 24 | 24 | felony unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the child | |
| 25 | 25 | was younger than seven years of age and died as a result of the | |
| 26 | 26 | serious bodily injury, in which event the offense is a third degree | |
| 27 | 27 | felony. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |