Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 244.005 · Subchapter A. GENERAL CARE AND TREATMENT OF CHILDREN
DETERMINATION OF TREATMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
When a child has been committed to the department, the department may:
(1) permit the child liberty under supervision and on conditions the department believes conducive to acceptable behavior;
(2) order the child's confinement under conditions the department believes best designed for the child's welfare and the interests of the public;
(3) order reconfinement or renewed release as often as conditions indicate to be desirable;
(4) revoke or modify any order of the department affecting a child, except an order of final discharge, as often as conditions indicate; or
(5) discharge the child from control when the department is satisfied that discharge will best serve the child's welfare and the protection of the public.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter E, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.244.htm
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