Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 42.0425 · Subchapter C. REGULATION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES, HOMES, AND AGENCIES
ASSESSMENT SERVICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall regulate assessment services provided by child-care facilities or child-placing agencies. A child-care facility or child-placing agency may not provide assessment services unless specifically authorized by department rule.
(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish minimum standards for assessment services. The standards must provide that consideration is given to the individual needs of a child, the appropriate place for provision of services, and the factors listed in Section 42.042(e).
(c) In this section, "assessment services" means the determination of the placement needs of a child who requires substitute care.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1022, Sec. 25, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.217, eff. April 2, 2015.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.42.htm
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