Tex. Fam. Code § 261.3071 · Subchapter D. INVESTIGATIONS
INFORMATIONAL MANUALS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section:
(1) "Designated caregiver" and "relative caregiver" have the meanings assigned those terms by Section 264.751.
(2) "Voluntary caregiver" means a person who voluntarily agrees to provide temporary care for a child:
(A) who is the subject of an investigation by the department or whose parent, managing conservator, possessory conservator, guardian, caretaker, or custodian is receiving family-based safety services from the department;
(B) who is not in the conservatorship of the department; and
(C) who is placed in the care of the person by the parent or other person having legal custody of the child.
(b) The department shall develop and publish informational manuals that provide information for:
(1) a parent or other person having custody of a child who is the subject of an investigation under this chapter;
(2) a person who is selected by the department to be the child's relative or designated caregiver; and
(3) a voluntary caregiver.
(c) Information provided in the manuals must be in both English and Spanish and must include, as appropriate:
(1) useful indexes of information such as telephone numbers;
(2) the information required to be provided under Section 261.307(a)(1);
(3) information describing the rights and duties of a relative or designated caregiver;
(4) information regarding:
(A) the relative and other designated caregiver program under Subchapter I, Chapter 264, and the option for the relative or other designated caregiver to become verified by a licensed child-placing agency to operate an agency foster home, if applicable; and
(B) the permanency care assistance program under Subchapter K, Chapter 264; and
(5) information regarding the role of a voluntary caregiver, including information on how to obtain any documentation necessary to provide for a child's needs.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 268 (S.B. 6), Sec. 1.26, eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 825 (S.B. 1723), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 375 (H.B. 1884), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.261.htm
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Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 261.307INFORMATION RELATING TO INVESTIGATION PROCEDURE AND CHILD PLACEMENT RESOURCES.Printed as Section 261.307(a)(1)
- Tex. Fam. Code ch. 264, subch. IRELATIVE AND OTHER DESIGNATED CAREGIVER PLACEMENT PROGRAMPrinted as Subchapter I, Chapter 264
- Tex. Fam. Code § 264.751DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 264.751
- Tex. Fam. Code ch. 264, subch. KPERMANENCY CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMPrinted as Subchapter K, Chapter 264
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