Texas Human Resources Code

§ 244.0106 — RULES REGARDING SERVICES FOR FOSTER CHILDREN

HR § 244.0106Title 12. JUVENILE JUSTICE SERVICES AND FACILITIES · Part C. SECURE FACILITIES · Ch. 244. CARE AND TREATMENT OF CHILDREN · Art. A. GENERAL CARE AND TREATMENT OF CHILDREN

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(a)The board and the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall jointly adopt rules to ensure that a child for whom the Department of Family and Protective Services has been appointed managing conservator receives appropriate services while the child is committed to the department or released under supervision by the department.

(b)The rules adopted under this section must require the department and the Department of Family and Protective Services to cooperate in providing appropriate services to a child for whom the Department of Family and Protective Services has been appointed managing conservator while the child is committed to the department or released under supervision by the department, including:

(1)medical care, as defined by Section 266.001, Family Code;

(2)mental health treatment and counseling;

(3)education, including special education;

(4)case management;

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 722 (H.B. 1309), Sec. 4, eff. June 17, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 206), Sec. 85, eff. September 1, 2015.