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Amend CSSB 11 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 261.004, Family Code (page 1, lines 52-57) by striking Subsection (a) and substituting the following:
(a) The department shall:
(1) collect and monitor data regarding repeated reports of abuse or neglect:
(A) involving the same child, including reports of abuse or neglect of the child made while the child resided in other households and reports of abuse or neglect of the child by different alleged perpetrators made while the child resided in the same household; or
(B) by the same alleged perpetrator.
(a-1) In monitoring reports of abuse or neglect under Subsection (a), the department shall group together separate reports involving differing children residing in the same household.