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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 85(R)

Senate Bill 1806

Senate Author:  Huffman et al.

Effective:  9-1-17

House Sponsor:  Miller


            Senate Bill 1806 amends the Family Code to require the Department of Family and Protective Services to refer a case to a children's advocacy center and to require the center to initiate a response by its multidisciplinary team when conducting an investigation of certain reports of child abuse made by a professional or of a child fatality in which there are surviving children in the deceased child's household or under the supervision of the caregiver involved in the child fatality.