Texas Health And Safety Code Title 4, Chapter 260a - Reports Of Abuse, Neglect, And Exploitation Of Residents Of Certain Facilities

• Texas Section 260A.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Abuse" means: (A) the negligent or wilful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or cruel punishment with resulting physical or emotional...
• Texas Section 260A.002 - Reporting Of Abuse, Neglect, And Exploitation
  (a) A person, including an owner or employee of a facility, who has cause to believe that the physical or mental health or welfare of...
• Texas Section 260A.003 - Contents Of Report
  (a) A report of abuse, neglect, or exploitation is nonaccusatory and reflects the reporting person's belief that a resident has been or will be abused,...
• Texas Section 260A.004 - Anonymous Reports Of Abuse, Neglect, Or Exploitation
  (a) An anonymous report of abuse, neglect, or exploitation, although not encouraged, shall be received and acted on in the same manner as an acknowledged...
• Texas Section 260A.005 - Telephone Hotline; Processing Of Reports
  (a) The department shall operate the department's telephone hotline to: (1) receive reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation; and (2) dispatch investigators. (b) A report...
• Texas Section 260A.006 - Notice
  (a) Each facility shall prominently and conspicuously post a sign for display in a public area of the facility that is readily available to residents,...
• Texas Section 260A.007 - Investigation And Report Of Department
  (a) The department shall make a thorough investigation after receiving an oral or written report of abuse, neglect, or exploitation under Section 260A.002 or another...
• Texas Section 260A.008 - Confidentiality
  A report, record, or working paper used or developed in an investigation made under this chapter and the name, address, and phone number of any...
• Texas Section 260A.009 - Immunity
  (a) A person who reports as provided by this chapter is immune from civil or criminal liability that, in the absence of the immunity, might...
• Texas Section 260A.010 - Privileged Communications
  In a proceeding regarding the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a resident or the cause of any abuse, neglect, or exploitation, evidence may not be...
• Texas Section 260A.011 - Central Registry
  (a) The department shall maintain in the city of Austin a central registry of reported cases of resident abuse, neglect, or exploitation. (b) The executive...
• Texas Section 260A.012 - Failure To Report; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person has cause to believe that a resident's physical or mental health or welfare has been or...
• Texas Section 260A.013 - Bad Faith, Malicious, Or Reckless Reporting; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person reports under this chapter in bad faith, maliciously, or recklessly. (b) An offense under this section...
• Texas Section 260A.014 - Retaliation Against Employees Prohibited
  (a) In this section, "employee" means a person who is an employee of a facility or any other person who provides services for a facility...
• Texas Section 260A.015 - Retaliation Against Volunteers, Residents, Or Family Members Or Guardians Of Residents
  (a) A facility may not retaliate or discriminate against a volunteer, resident, or family member or guardian of a resident because the volunteer, resident, resident's...
• Texas Section 260A.016 - Reports Relating To Deaths Of Residents Of An Institution
  (a) In this section, "institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 242.002. (b) An institution shall submit a report to the department concerning deaths of...
• Texas Section 260A.017 - Duties Of Law Enforcement; Joint Investigation
  (a) The department shall investigate a report of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or other complaint described by Section 260A.007(c)(1) jointly with: (1) the municipal law enforcement...

Last modified: September 28, 2016