Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 201.003 · Chapter 201. GENERAL PROVISIONS
GOALS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The goals of the department and all programs, facilities, and services that are operated, regulated, or funded by the department are to:
(1) support the development of a consistent county-based continuum of effective interventions, supports, and services for youth and families that reduce the need for out-of-home placement;
(2) increase reliance on alternatives to placement and commitment to secure state facilities, consistent with adequately addressing a youthful offender's treatment needs and protection of the public;
(3) locate the facilities as geographically close as possible to necessary workforce and other services while supporting the youths' connection to their families;
(4) encourage regional cooperation that enhances county collaboration;
(5) enhance the continuity of care throughout the juvenile justice system; and
(6) use secure facilities of a size that supports effective youth rehabilitation and public safety.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.002, eff. September 1, 2011.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.201.htm
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- Composed by
- 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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