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 Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014)
 HUMAN RESOURCES CODE
 Title 2. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND DEPARTMENT OF PROTECTIVE AND REGULATORY SERVICES
 Subtitle B. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
 Chapter 22. GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES  

  Sec. 22.001. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT    

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  • (a) The department is responsible for administering the welfare functions authorized in this title.

    (b) The department shall administer assistance to needy persons who are aged, blind, or disabled and to needy families with dependent children. The department shall also administer or supervise general relief services. The department may administer state child day-care services.

    (c) The department shall assist other governmental agencies in performing services in conformity with the purposes of this title when so requested and shall cooperate with the agencies when expedient.

    (d) The department shall conduct research and compile statistics on public welfare programs in the state. The research must include all phases of dependency and delinquency and related problems. The department shall cooperate with other public and private agencies in developing plans for the prevention and treatment of conditions giving rise to public welfare problems.

    (e) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 268, Sec. 32(f), eff. September 1, 2008.

    (f) The department may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations of money or property from public or private sources for use in assisting needy persons or otherwise carrying out any of the department's functions.

Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2340, ch. 842, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1979. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1052, Sec. 1.07, 1.08, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1265, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 747, Sec. 61(3), eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 8.013, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 162, Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.129, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 13.06, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 281 , Sec. 4.04, eff. June 14, 2005. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 , Sec. 23.001(54), eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 268 , Sec. 32(f), eff. September 1, 2008.