Texas Family Code

§ 262.401 — DEFINITIONS

FA § 262.401Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part E. PROTECTION OF THE CHILD · Ch. 262. PROCEDURES IN SUIT BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY TO PROTECT HEALTH AND SAFETY OF CHILD · Art. F. FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES PILOT PROGRAM

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In this subchapter:

(1)"Child who is a candidate for foster care" means a child who is at imminent risk of being removed from the child's home and placed into the conservatorship of the department because of a continuing danger to the child's physical health or safety caused by an act or failure to act of a person entitled to possession of the child but for whom a court of competent jurisdiction has issued an order allowing the child to remain safely in the child's home or in a kinship placement with the provision of family preservation services.

(2)"Department" means the Department of Family and Protective Services.

(3)"Family preservation service" means time-limited, family-focused services, including services subject to the Family First Prevention Services Act (Title VII, Div. E, Pub. L. No. 115-123) and services approved under the Title IV-E state plan provided to the family of a child who is:

(A)a candidate for foster care to prevent or eliminate the need to remove the child and to allow the child to remain safely with the child's family;

(B)a pregnant or parenting foster youth; or

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Legislative history

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 825 (S.B. 1398), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.