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Senate Bill 802 |
Senate Author: Nichols |
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Effective: 9-1-07 |
House Sponsor: King, Susan |
Senate Bill 802 amends Family Code provisions relating to the child fatality review process. The bill changes the composition of the child fatality review team committee to add representatives from the Department of Public Safety and Texas Department of Transportation and increases the term of service for committee members from two to three years. The bill also clarifies that a committee member is eligible for reappointment to the committee and changes the sources of funding for reimbursing expenses related to service on the committee. Senate Bill 802 changes the date by which the committee is required to publish and submit to executive and legislative leaders a compilation of reports and findings relating to preventable child death from December 1 of each year to April 1 of each year.