Tex. Fam. Code § 162.3085 · Subchapter D. ADOPTION SERVICES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW REQUIRED.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The department or a licensed child-placing agency making an adoptive placement shall comply with the Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. Section 1996b).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 206), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2015.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.162.htm
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