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. |