Tex.
Human Resources Code Section 42.063
Reporting of Incidents and Violations
(a)
In this section, “serious incident” means a suspected or actual incident that threatens or impairs the basic health, safety, or well-being of a child. The term includes:(1)
the arrest, abuse, neglect, exploitation, running away, attempted suicide, or death of a child;(2)
a critical injury of a child; and(3)
an illness of a child that requires hospitalization.(b)
A person licensed under this chapter shall report to the commission each serious incident involving a child who receives services from the person, regardless of whether the department is the managing conservator of the child.(b-1)
A person licensed or registered under this chapter shall notify in accordance with commission rule a parent or guardian of a child in the care of the person of an incident of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of the child, injury of the child that requires treatment by a medical professional or hospitalization, or illness of the child that requires hospitalization.(b-2)
A person licensed or registered under this chapter shall notify in accordance with commission rule a parent or guardian of each child in the care of the person of a violation that constitutes abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a child.(c)
An employee of a person described by Subsection (b) shall report suspected abuse or neglect directly to the statewide intake system.(d)
An employee or volunteer of a general residential operation, child-placing agency, continuum-of-care residential operation, cottage home operation, or specialized child-care home shall report any serious incident directly to the commission if the incident involves a child under the care of the operation, agency, or home.(e)
A foster parent shall report any serious incident directly to the department if the incident involves a child under the care of the parent.(f)
The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe:(1)
procedures governing reporting required under this section; and(2)
the manner in which a report under this section must be provided.(g)
The commission shall implement this section using existing appropriations.
Source:
Section 42.063 — Reporting of Incidents and Violations, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.42.htm#42.063
(accessed Jun. 5, 2024).