{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-261.410","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 261.410","heading":"REPORT OF ABUSE BY OTHER CHILDREN.","body":"(a) In this section:\n(1) \"Physical abuse\" means:\n(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\n(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.\n(2) \"Sexual abuse\" means:\n(A) sexual conduct harmful to a child's mental, emotional, or physical welfare; or\n(B) failure to make a reasonable effort to prevent sexual conduct harmful to a child.\n(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.\n(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:\n(1) regarding the number of cases of physical and sexual abuse committed by a child against another child;\n(2) identifying the residential child-care facility;\n(3) regarding the date each allegation of abuse was made;\n(4) regarding the date each investigation was started and concluded;\n(5) regarding the findings and results of each investigation; and\n(6) regarding the number of children involved in each incident investigated.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 268 (S.B. 6), Sec. 1.31, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE E. PROTECTION OF THE CHILD","CHAPTER 261. INVESTIGATION OF REPORT OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT","SUBCHAPTER E. INVESTIGATIONS OF ABUSE, NEGLECT, OR EXPLOITATION IN CERTAIN FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.261.htm#261.410","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"d4bb9f1031c25ef586a6f0cf39e99e8866298b3c02f2a93b624005724cb4dd43","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-261.409","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-261.501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}