Tex. Fam. Code § 55.02 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY JURISDICTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
For the purpose of initiating proceedings to order mental health or intellectual disability services for a child as provided by this chapter, the juvenile court has jurisdiction of proceedings under Subtitle C or D, Title 7, Health and Safety Code.
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History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1477, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.003, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1166 (S.B. 1585), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
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