Texas Family Code 261.3016 – Training of Personnel Receiving Reports of Abuse and Neglect
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The department shall develop, in cooperation with local law enforcement officials and the Commission on State Emergency Communications, a training program for department personnel who receive reports of abuse and neglect. The training program must include information on:
(1) the proper methods of screening reports of abuse and neglect; and
(2) ways to determine the seriousness of a report, including determining whether a report alleges circumstances that could result in the death of or serious harm to a child or whether the report is less serious in nature.
