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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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FAMILY CODE |
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Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP |
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Subtitle E. PROTECTION OF THE CHILD |
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Chapter 264. CHILD WELFARE SERVICES |
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Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Sec. 264.007. COOPERATION WITH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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The department is the state agency designated to cooperate with the United States Department of Health and Human Services in:
(1) establishing, extending, and strengthening public welfare services for the protection and care of abused or neglected children;
(2) developing state services for the encouragement and assistance of adequate methods of community child welfare organizations and paying part of the cost of district, county, or other local child welfare services in rural areas and in other areas of special need; and
(3) developing necessary plans to implement the services contemplated in this section and to comply with the rules of the United States Department of Health and Human Services under the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 651 et seq.).