Bill Text: TX SB384 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the offense of failure to report abuse or neglect of a child.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-07 - No action taken in committee [SB384 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB384-Introduced.html
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By: Carona | S.B. No. 384 |
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relating to the offense of failure to report abuse or neglect of a | ||
child. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 261.109, Family Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
Sec. 261.109. FAILURE TO REPORT; PENALTY. (a) A person | ||
commits an offense if the person is required to make a report under | ||
Section 261.101(a) [ |
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in this chapter. | ||
(a-1) A person who is a professional as defined by Section | ||
261.101(b) commits an offense if the person is required to make a | ||
report under Section 261.101(b) and knowingly fails to make a | ||
report as provided in this chapter. | ||
(b) An offense under Subsection (a) [ |
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Class A misdemeanor, except that the offense is a state jail felony | ||
if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the child was a | ||
person with mental retardation who resided in a state supported | ||
living center, the ICF-MR component of the Rio Grande State Center, | ||
or a facility licensed under Chapter 252, Health and Safety Code, | ||
and the actor knew that the child had suffered serious bodily injury | ||
as a result of the abuse or neglect. | ||
(c) An offense under Subsection (a-1) is a Class A | ||
misdemeanor, except that the offense is a state jail felony if it is | ||
shown on the trial of the offense that the actor intended to conceal | ||
the abuse or neglect. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section | ||
261.109, Family Code, apply only to an offense committed on or after | ||
the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense | ||
was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element | ||
of the offense occurred before that date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |