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Senate Bill 1050 |
Senate Author: Uresti |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
House Sponsor: McClendon |
Senate Bill 1050 amends the Family Code to establish procedures for the release of certain information relating to a child fatality with respect to which the Department of Family and Protective Services is conducting an investigation of abuse or neglect. The bill requires the department, not later than the fifth day after receiving a request for information about a child fatality, to release the age and sex of the child, the date of death, whether the state was the child's managing conservator at the time of death, and whether the child resided with the child's parent, managing conservator, guardian, or other person entitled to possession of the child at the time of death. The bill requires that the department promptly release information about the fatality, a summary of previous reports of abuse or neglect, the services provided to the child or child's family by the department, and the results of the assessment completed by the department on determination that a child's death was caused by abuse or neglect.