| By: Nelson, Uresti | S.B. No. 788 | |
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| relating to reporting child abuse or neglect. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 261.101, Family Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) A person having cause to believe that a child's physical | ||
| or mental health or welfare has been or may be adversely affected by | ||
| abuse or neglect by any person shall immediately make a report as | ||
| provided by this subchapter. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. | ||