Section 107.1101 - Effect of Potentially Undiagnosed Serious Mental Illness(a) In this section, "serious mental illness" has the meaning assigned by Section 1355.001, Insurance Code.(b) If a child custody evaluator identifies the presence of a potentially undiagnosed serious mental illness experienced by an individual who is a subject of the child custody evaluation and the evaluator is not qualified by the evaluator's licensure, experience, and training to assess a serious mental illness, the evaluator shall make one or more appropriate referrals for a mental examination of the individual and may request additional orders from the court.(c) The child custody evaluation report must include any information that the evaluator considers appropriate under the circumstances regarding the possible effects of an individual's potentially undiagnosed serious mental illness on the evaluation and the evaluator's recommendations.Tex. Fam. Code § 107.1101
Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 257,Sec. 5, eff. 9/1/2017.Added by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1252,Sec. 1.12, eff. 9/1/2015, op. to a suit affecting the parent-child relationship that is filed on or after March 1, 2016.