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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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GOVERNMENT CODE |
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Title 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH |
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Subtitle I. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES |
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Chapter 531. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION |
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Subchapter B. POWERS AND DUTIES |
Sec. 531.047. SUBSTITUTE CARE PROVIDER OUTCOME STANDARDS
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(a) The commission, after consulting with representatives from the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, and the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, shall by rule adopt result-oriented standards that a provider of substitute care services for children under the care of the state must achieve.
(b) A health and human services agency that purchases substitute care services must include the result-oriented standards as requirements in each substitute care service provider contract.
(c) A health and human services agency may provide information about a substitute care provider, including rates, contracts, outcomes, and client information, to another agency that purchases substitute care services.