Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 261.402 - Investigative Reports(a) A state agency shall prepare and keep on file a complete written report of each investigation conducted by the agency under this subchapter.(b) A state agency shall immediately notify the appropriate state or local law enforcement agency of any report the agency receives, other than a report from a law enforcement agency, that concerns the suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a child or the death of a child from abuse or neglect. If the state agency finds evidence indicating that a child may have been abused, neglected, or exploited, the agency shall report the evidence to the appropriate law enforcement agency.(c) A state agency that licenses, certifies, or registers a facility in which children are located shall compile, maintain, and make available statistics on the incidence in the facility of child abuse, neglect, and exploitation that is investigated by the agency.(d) A state agency shall compile, maintain, and make available statistics on the incidence of child abuse, neglect, and exploitation in a facility operated by the state agency.Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 1.144, eff. 4/2/2015.Amended By Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 355, Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/2001.Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, Sec. 99, eff. 9/1/1995Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. 4/20/1995.