{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-264.506","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 264.506","heading":"PURPOSE AND DUTIES OF REVIEW TEAM.","body":"(a) The purpose of a review team is to decrease the incidence of preventable child deaths by:\n(1) providing assistance, direction, and coordination to investigations of child deaths;\n(2) promoting cooperation, communication, and coordination among agencies involved in responding to child fatalities;\n(3) developing an understanding of the causes and incidence of child deaths in the county or counties in which the review team is located;\n(4) recommending changes to agencies, through the agency's representative member, that will reduce the number of preventable child deaths; and\n(5) advising the committee on changes to law, policy, or practice that will assist the team and the agencies represented on the team in fulfilling their duties.\n(b) To achieve its purpose, a review team shall:\n(1) adapt and implement, according to local needs and resources, the model protocols developed by the department and the committee;\n(2) meet on a regular basis to review child fatality cases and recommend methods to improve coordination of services and investigations between agencies that are represented on the team;\n(3) collect and maintain data as required by the committee;\n(4) review and analyze the collected data to identify any demographic trends in child fatality cases, including whether there is a disproportionate number of child fatalities in a particular population group or geographic area; and\n(5) submit to the vital statistics unit data reports on deaths reviewed as specified by the committee.\n(c) A review team shall initiate prevention measures as indicated by the review team's findings.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 255, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 878, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.197, eff. April 2, 2015.\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 822 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE E. PROTECTION OF THE CHILD","CHAPTER 264. CHILD WELFARE SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER F. CHILD FATALITY REVIEW AND INVESTIGATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.264.htm#264.506","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"9ca721be1d22bd2cffc3e1a1d70bbe428a125ba566e464dca5d855a174f463a7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-264.505","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-264.507"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}