H.B. No. 2124

	AN ACT
	relating to the procedures for identifying and notifying relevant
	federal agencies about certain child abuse and neglect
	investigations.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 261.301, Family Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
	(j)  In an investigation of a report of abuse or neglect
	allegedly committed by a person responsible for a child's care,
	custody, or welfare, the department shall determine whether the
	person is an active duty member of the United States armed forces or
	the spouse of a member on active duty. If the department determines
	the person is an active duty member of the United States armed
	forces or the spouse of a member on active duty, the department
	shall notify the United States Department of Defense Family
	Advocacy Program at the closest active duty military installation
	of the investigation.
	SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act to Section
	261.301, Family Code, apply only to a report of abuse or neglect
	made on or after the effective date of this Act. A report made
	before that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the
	report was made, and the former law is continued in effect for that
	purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2124 was passed by the House on April
	13, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 134, Nays 4, 3 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2124 was passed by the Senate on May
	19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
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	Governor