1. (a) A multidisciplinary and multiagency child fatality review team may be established for a county to review child deaths in that county. A county may join with an adjacent county or counties to establish a combined review team.
2. (b) Any person who may be a member of a review team under Subsection (c) may initiate the establishment of a review team and call the first organizational meeting of the team.

3. (c) A review team must reflect the diversity of the county's population and may include:

   1. (1) a criminal prosecutor involved in prosecuting crimes against children;
   2. (2) a sheriff;
   3. (3) a justice of the peace or medical examiner;
   4. (4) a police chief;
   5. (5) a pediatrician experienced in diagnosing and treating child abuse and neglect;
   6. (6) a child educator;
   7. (7) a child mental health provider;
   8. (8) a public health professional;
   9. (9) a child protective services specialist;
   10. (10) a sudden infant death syndrome family service provider;
   11. (11) a neonatologist;
   12. (12) a child advocate;
   13. (13) a chief juvenile probation officer; and
   14. (14) a child abuse prevention specialist.
4. (d) Members of a review team may select additional team members according to community resources and needs.
5. (e) A review team shall select a presiding officer from its members.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 255, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 878, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 268 (S.B. 6), Sec. 1.59, eff. September 1, 2005.

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 822 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2017.