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 or neglect 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 264.4031 ; 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 adopted under Section 264.4031 unless a forensic interview is not appropriate based on the child's age and development or the center's working protocol adopted under Section 264.4031 . (c) Subsection (a) applies only to an investigation of abuse or neglect 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, if appropriate, directly refer a case to a center in an adjacent county to initiate a response by that center's multidisciplinary team.
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