Child Fatality Review Teams

The Texas Child Fatality Review Team State Committee is a multidisciplinary, multi-agency group, mandated by state law that oversees and assists the work of local review teams in Texas, and works to develop a statewide understanding of the scope and magnitude of childhood mortality.

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 Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to the Texas Department of State Health Services.

For more information, visit the Texas Department of State Health Services web site at http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mch/Child_Fatality_Review.shtm