By: Huffman, et al. S.B. No. 1806     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requiring the use of multidisciplinary teams appointed   by children's advocacy centers in certain child abuse   investigations.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 264, Family Code, is   amended by adding Section 264.4061 to read as follows:          Sec. 264.4061.  MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM RESPONSE REQUIRED.   (a)  The department shall refer a case to a center and the center   shall initiate a response by a center's multidisciplinary team   appointed under Section 264.406 when conducting an investigation   of:                (1)  a report of abuse that is made by a professional as   defined by Section 261.101 and that:                      (A)  alleges sexual abuse of a child; or                      (B)  is a type of case handled by the center in   accordance with the working protocol adopted for the center under   Section 264.411(a)(9); or                (2)  a child fatality in which there are surviving   children in the deceased child's household or under the supervision   of the caregiver involved in the child fatality.          (b)  Any interview of a child conducted as part of the   investigation under Subsection (a) must be a forensic interview   conducted in accordance with the center's working protocol unless a   forensic interview is not appropriate based on the child's age and   development or the center's working protocol.          (c)  Subsection (a) applies only to an investigation of abuse   in a county served by a center that has executed an interagency   memorandum of understanding under Section 264.403.  If a county is   not served by a center that has executed an interagency memorandum   of understanding, the department may directly refer a case to a   center in an adjacent county to initiate a response by that center's   multidisciplinary team, if appropriate.           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.