{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-1001.152","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1001.152","heading":"USE OF GRANT.","body":"A grant awarded under this subchapter may be used to support:\n(1) comprehensive medical evaluations, psychosocial assessments, treatment services, and written and photographic documentation of abuse;\n(2) education and training for health professionals, including physicians, medical students, resident physicians, child abuse fellows, and nurses, relating to the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of child abuse and neglect;\n(3) education and training for community agencies involved with child abuse and neglect, law enforcement officials, child protective services staff, and children's advocacy centers involved with child abuse and neglect;\n(4) medical case reviews and consultations and testimony regarding those reviews and consultations;\n(5) research, data collection, and quality assurance activities, including the development of evidence-based guidelines and protocols for the prevention, evaluation, and treatment of child abuse and neglect;\n(6) the use of telemedicine and other means to extend services from regional programs into underserved areas; and\n(7) other necessary activities, services, supplies, facilities, and equipment as determined by the department.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1238 (S.B. 2080), Sec. 7(a), eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 12. HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH","CHAPTER 1001. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER F. TEXAS MEDICAL CHILD ABUSE RESOURCES AND EDUCATION SYSTEM (MEDCARES)"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.1001.htm#1001.152","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"a15402119f4efcee0aa95e55c110182a4d80c65486b82bf9f6813a673451af4b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-1001.151","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-1001.154"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}