Section 45.08. Children's protection team

1.  A  five member children's protection team is hereby established in
  the commission.
    2. The  children's  protection  team  is  charged  with  investigating
  suspected  abuse  of children residing in children's psychiatric centers
  and children's units within adult psychiatric centers as set forth under
  section 7.17 of this chapter.
    3. Where the commission  reasonably  believes  that  conditions  in  a
  children's  psychiatric  center  or  children's  unit  within  an  adult
  psychiatric center may endanger the welfare and safety of its residents,
  the chairman shall designate the children's protection  team  to  review
  the  conditions  of  such  psychiatric center to determine the extent to
  which the welfare of such children are endangered.  Upon  conclusion  of
  such   review,   the   commission   shall   report   its   findings  and
  recommendations to the office of mental health.
    4. The commission shall submit to the governor and the legislature  an
  interim  report  by January first, nineteen hundred ninety and an annual
  report by the thirty-first day of December of each subsequent year.  The
  report  shall provide information regarding the status of the children's
  psychiatric centers and children's units within  the  adult  psychiatric
  centers  reviewed  by  the  children's protection team. The report shall
  also include an analysis of  child  abuse  complaints  received  by  the
  commission  which  shall  include  but  not  be  limited  to information
  pertaining to the nature and severity of such complaints,  the  rate  of
  recommended indications, the preventive and remedial actions recommended
  by   the  commission,  and  any  systemic  problems  identified  by  the
  commission which may have contributed to the abuse  or  maltreatment  of
  children  in  residential  facilities  operated  by the office of mental
  health.