HHSC: Texas State Child Fatality Review Team Committee

Regulatory
May 28, 2018
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Meeting Summary. In 1995, Texas enacted legislation establishing the State Child Fatality Review Team Committee (CFRTC or Committee) and authorizing counties to form local and regional Child Fatality Review Teams (CFRT). Senate Bill 6, 79th Legislative Session, amended sections of the applicable code, Family Code 264, Subchapter F (§264.501 - §264.515); most notably moving support and coordination of the State Committee and CFRTs from the Department of Family and Protective Services to the Department of State Health Services. State Child Fatality Review Team Committee. The State Committee is a multidisciplinary group comprised of members throughout Texas. Its mission is to reduce the number of preventable child deaths and its purpose is threefold: To develop an understanding of the causes and incidence of child deaths in Texas; To identify procedures within the agencies represented on the Committee to reduce the number of preventable child deaths; and To promote public

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