Section 1001.152 - [See Note] Use of Grant A grant awarded under this subchapter may be used to support:
(1) comprehensive medical evaluations, psychosocial assessments, treatment services, and written and photographic documentation of abuse;(2) education and training for health professionals, including physicians, medical students, resident physicians, child abuse fellows, and nurses, relating to the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of child abuse and neglect;(3) education and training for community agencies involved with child abuse and neglect, law enforcement officials, child protective services staff, and children's advocacy centers involved with child abuse and neglect;(4) medical case reviews and consultations and testimony regarding those reviews and consultations;(5) research, data collection, and quality assurance activities, including the development of evidence-based guidelines and protocols for the prevention, evaluation, and treatment of child abuse and neglect;(6) the use of telemedicine and other means to extend services from regional programs into underserved areas; and(7) other necessary activities, services, supplies, facilities, and equipment as determined by the department.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1001.152
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1238, Sec. 7(a), eff. 9/1/2009, only if a specific appropriation for the implementation of the section is provided in a general appropriations act of the 81st Legislature.