Tex. Gov't Code § 546.0201 · Subchapter E. PERMANENCY PLANNING
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Child" means an individual with a developmental disability who is younger than 22 years of age.
(2) "Community resource coordination group" means a coordination group established under the memorandum of understanding adopted under Subchapter D, Chapter 522.
(3) "Department" means the Department of Family and Protective Services.
(4) "Institution" means:
(A) an ICF-IID;
(B) a group home operated under the commission's authority, including a residential service provider under a Section 1915(c) waiver program that provides services at a residence other than the child's home or agency foster home;
(C) a nursing facility;
(D) a general residential operation for children with an intellectual disability that the commission licenses; or
(E) another residential arrangement other than a foster home that provides care to four or more children who are unrelated to each other.
(5) "Permanency planning" means a philosophy and planning process that focuses on the outcome of family support by facilitating a permanent living arrangement with the primary feature of an enduring and nurturing parental relationship.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.546.htm
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Cited by 7 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Gov't Code § 546.0201. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 546.0203DEVELOPMENT OF PERMANENCY PLAN PROCEDURES.Printed as Section 546.0201
- Tex. Gov't Code § 546.0204PERMANENCY PLANNING FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN.Printed as Section 546.0201
- Tex. Gov't Code § 546.0209REQUIREMENTS OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN ON CHILD'S ADMISSION TO CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS.Printed as Section 546.0201(4)(A)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 546.0210DUTIES OF CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS: NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND PARENT OR GUARDIAN ACCOMMODATIONS.Printed as Section 546.0201(4)(A) | Section 546.0201(4)(D)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 546.0219TRANSFER OF CHILD BETWEEN INSTITUTIONS.Printed as Section 546.0201(4)(A)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 546.0224COLLECTION OF INFORMATION REGARDING INVOLVEMENT OF CERTAIN PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.Printed as Sections 546.0201(4)(A)
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