89th Legislature, Regular Session
HB 1097
Relating to the duty of certain professionals to report child abuse or neglect.
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89R3625 MM-D By: Toth H.B. No. 1097 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the duty of certain professionals to report child abuse or neglect. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 261.101(b), Family Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) If a professional has reasonable cause to believe that a child has been abused or neglected or may be abused or neglected, or that a child is a victim of an offense under Section 21.11, Penal Code, and the professional has reasonable cause to believe that the