Tex. Family Code § 264.505
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 264.505, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 264.505. ESTABLISHMENT OF REVIEW TEAM.
Official statutory text
(a) A multidisciplinary and multiagency child fatality review team may be established for a county to review child deaths in that county. A county may join with an adjacent county or counties to establish a combined review team.
(b) Any person who may be a member of a review team under Subsection (c) may initiate the establishment of a review team and call the first organizational meeting of the team.
(c) A review team must reflect the diversity of the county's population and may include:
(1) a criminal prosecutor involved in prosecuting crimes against children;
(2) a sheriff;
(3) a justice of the peace or medical examiner;
(4) a police chief;
(5) a pediatrician experienced in diagnosing and treating child abuse and neglect;
(6) a child educator;
(7) a child mental health provider;
(8) a public health professional;
(9) a child protective services specialist;
(10) a sudden infant death syndrome family service provider;
(11) a neonatologist;
(12) a child advocate;
(13) a chief juvenile probation officer; and
(14) a child abuse prevention specialist.
(d) Members of a review team may select additional team members according to community resources and needs.
(e) A review team shall select a presiding officer from its members.
(b) Any person who may be a member of a review team under Subsection (c) may initiate the establishment of a review team and call the first organizational meeting of the team.
(c) A review team must reflect the diversity of the county's population and may include:
(1) a criminal prosecutor involved in prosecuting crimes against children;
(2) a sheriff;
(3) a justice of the peace or medical examiner;
(4) a police chief;
(5) a pediatrician experienced in diagnosing and treating child abuse and neglect;
(6) a child educator;
(7) a child mental health provider;
(8) a public health professional;
(9) a child protective services specialist;
(10) a sudden infant death syndrome family service provider;
(11) a neonatologist;
(12) a child advocate;
(13) a chief juvenile probation officer; and
(14) a child abuse prevention specialist.
(d) Members of a review team may select additional team members according to community resources and needs.
(e) A review team shall select a presiding officer from its members.
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