Tex. Fam. Code § 162.202 · Subchapter C. INTERSTATE COMPACT ON ADOPTION AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The Department of Family and Protective Services, with the concurrence of the Health and Human Services Commission, may develop, participate in the development of, negotiate, and enter into one or more interstate compacts on behalf of this state with other states to implement one or more of the purposes of this subchapter. An interstate compact authorized by this subchapter has the force and effect of law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 846, Sec. 9, eff. June 16, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.104, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.162.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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