Relating to required reporting by the Department of Family and Protective Services regarding youth in the managing conservatorship of the department who attempt suicide.

Contracts

• DFPS Master Agreements: Anticipate unilateral amendments moving annual data reporting deadlines earlier into Q4 to accommodate the agency's new December 1 legislative reporting requirement (previously February 1).
• Subcontractor Agreements: Update agreements with foster parents and sub-providers to mandate immediate reporting of suicide attempts as "medical emergencies." Liability for failure to report now carries statutory weight.

Hiring/Training

• Clinical & Direct Care Staff: Train staff that "suicide attempt" is no longer a discretionary behavioral label but a statutory medical classification.
• Intake/Triage: Protocols must be updated to ensure that any incident flagged as a suicide attempt triggers the same notification workflow as a surgery or life-threatening injury.

Reporting & Record-Keeping

• Case Management Systems (CMS): You must configure your software to segregate "Suicide Attempt" as a distinct data field. Lumping these under "Self-Harm" or "Psychiatric Emergency" will cause non-compliance with the new DFPS reporting mandate.
• Notification Logs: Maintain auditable logs proving that parents/guardians were notified of the attempt. The statute explicitly links this event to Section 264.018 notification requirements.

Fees & Costs

• No new state fees.
• Operational Costs: Minimal administrative costs related to CMS software updates and staff retraining.