Tex. Gov't Code § 546.0207 · Subchapter E. PERMANENCY PLANNING
DESIGNATION OF VOLUNTEER ADVOCATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission shall designate an individual, including a member of a community-based organization, to serve as a volunteer advocate for a child residing in an institution to assist in developing a permanency plan for the child if:
(1) the child's parent or guardian requests the assistance of an advocate;
(2) the institution in which the child is placed cannot locate the child's parent or guardian; or
(3) the child resides in an institution the commission operates.
(b) The individual designated to serve as the child's volunteer advocate may be:
(1) an individual the child's parent or guardian selects, except that the individual may not be employed by or under a contract with the institution in which the child resides;
(2) an adult relative of the child; or
(3) a child advocacy group representative.
(c) The commission shall provide to each individual designated to serve as a child's volunteer advocate information regarding permanency planning under this subchapter.
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.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.546.htm
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- 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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