Sec. 264.513.  REPORT OF DEATH OF CHILD.  (a)  A person who knows of the death of a child younger than six years of age shall immediately report the death to the medical examiner of the county in which the death occurs or, if the death occurs in a county that does not have a medical examiner's office or that is not part of a medical examiner's district, to a justice of the peace in that county.
(b)  The requirement of this section is in addition to any other reporting requirement imposed by law, including any requirement that a person report child abuse or neglect under this code.
(c)  A person is not required to report a death under this section that is the result of a motor vehicle collision.  This subsection does not affect a duty imposed by another law to report a death that is the result of a motor vehicle collision.
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.
Amended by: 
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 129, eff. September 1, 2023.