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	Amend CSSB 6 as follows:                                                     

(1)  In Section 1.09 of the bill, strike the recital to that 	section and substitute "Sections 261.001(2) and (4), Family Code, 
are amended to read as follows:"
	(2)  On page 7, between lines 21 and 22, insert the 
following:               
		(4)  "Neglect" includes:                                                      
			(A)  the leaving of a child in a situation where 
the child would be exposed to a substantial risk of physical or 
mental harm, without arranging for necessary care for the child, 
and the demonstration of an intent not to return by a parent, 
guardian, or managing or possessory conservator of the child;
			(B)  the following acts or omissions by a person:                            
				(i)  placing a child in or failing to remove 
a child from a situation that a reasonable person would realize 
requires judgment or actions beyond the child's level of maturity, 
physical condition, or mental abilities and that results in bodily 
injury or a substantial risk of immediate harm to the child;
				(ii)  failing to seek, obtain, or follow 
through with medical care for a child, with the failure resulting in 
or presenting a substantial risk of death, disfigurement, or bodily 
injury or with the failure resulting in an observable and material 
impairment to the growth, development, or functioning of the child;
				(iii)  the failure to provide a child with 
food, clothing, or shelter necessary to sustain the life or health 
of the child, excluding failure caused primarily by financial 
inability unless relief services had been offered and refused;  
[or]
				(iv)  placing a child in or failing to remove 
the child from a situation in which the child would be exposed to a 
substantial risk of sexual conduct harmful to the child; or
				(v)  placing a child in or failing to remove 
the child from a situation in which the child would be exposed to 
acts or omissions that constitute abuse under Subdivision (1)(E), 
(F), (G), (H), or (K) committed against another child; or
			(C)  the failure by the person responsible for a 
child's care, custody, or welfare to permit the child to return to 
the child's home without arranging for the necessary care for the 
child after the child has been absent from the home for any reason, 
including having been in residential placement or having run away.
	(3)  In Article 1 of the bill, insert the following 
appropriately numbered sections and renumber the sections in that 
article accordingly:
	SECTION ___.  The heading to Section 261.105, Family Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 261.105.  REFERRAL OF REPORT BY DEPARTMENT, [OR] LAW 
ENFORCEMENT, OR ATTORNEY GENERAL.
	SECTION ___.  Section 261.105(a), Family Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(a)  All reports received by a local or state law enforcement 
agency or the office of the attorney general that allege abuse or 
neglect by a person responsible for a child's care, custody, or 
welfare shall be referred immediately to the department or the 
designated agency.
	SECTION ___.  Section 21.01, Penal Code, is amended by 
adding Subdivision (4) to read as follows:
		(4)  "Spouse" means a person to whom a person is legally 
married under Subtitle A, Title 1, Family Code, or a comparable law 
of another jurisdiction.