Tex.
Fam. Code Section 261.410
Report of Abuse by Other Children
(a)
In this section:(1)
“Physical abuse” means:(A)
physical injury that results in substantial harm to the child requiring emergency medical treatment and excluding an accident or reasonable discipline by a parent, guardian, or managing or possessory conservator that does not expose the child to a substantial risk of harm; or(B)
failure to make a reasonable effort to prevent an action by another person that results in physical injury that results in substantial harm to the child.(2)
“Sexual abuse” means:(A)
sexual conduct harmful to a child’s mental, emotional, or physical welfare; or(B)
failure to make a reasonable effort to prevent sexual conduct harmful to a child.(b)
An agency that operates, licenses, certifies, or registers a facility shall require a residential child-care facility to report each incident of physical or sexual abuse committed by a child against another child.(c)
Using information received under Subsection (b), the agency that operates, licenses, certifies, or registers a facility shall, subject to the availability of funds, compile a report that includes information:(1)
regarding the number of cases of physical and sexual abuse committed by a child against another child;(2)
identifying the residential child-care facility;(3)
regarding the date each allegation of abuse was made;(4)
regarding the date each investigation was started and concluded;(5)
regarding the findings and results of each investigation; and(6)
regarding the number of children involved in each incident investigated.
Source:
Section 261.410 — Report of Abuse by Other Children, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.261.htm#261.410 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
