{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-264.513","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 264.513","heading":"REPORT OF DEATH OF CHILD.","body":"(a) A person who knows of the death of a child younger than six years of age shall immediately report the death to the medical examiner of the county in which the death occurs or, if the death occurs in a county that does not have a medical examiner's office or that is not part of a medical examiner's district, to a justice of the peace in that county.\n(b) The requirement of this section is in addition to any other reporting requirement imposed by law, including any requirement that a person report child abuse or neglect under this code.\n(c) A person is not required to report a death under this section that is the result of a motor vehicle collision. This subsection does not affect a duty imposed by another law to report a death that is the result of a motor vehicle collision.\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 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 129, eff. September 1, 2023.","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#264.513","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"e01a98770d51dffa8f4a6290c0e0307c0360796ed28a704e9409be5ab3ab0299","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-264.512","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-264.514"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}