 |
Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
 |
HUMAN RESOURCES CODE |
|
Title 2. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND DEPARTMENT OF PROTECTIVE AND REGULATORY SERVICES |
|
Subtitle D. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES |
|
Chapter 40. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES |
|
Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Sec. 40.001. DEFINITIONS
-
In this subtitle:
(1) Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 268, Sec. 1.129(1), eff. September 1, 2005.
(2) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.
(2-a) "Council" means the Family and Protective Services Council.
(3) "Department" means the Department of Family and Protective Services.
(4) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
(4-a) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
(5) "Family preservation" includes the provision of services designed to assist families, including adoptive and extended families, who are at risk or in crisis, including:
(A) preventive services designed to help a child at risk of foster care placement remain safely with the child's family; and
(B) services designed to help a child return, when the return is safe and appropriate, to the family from which the child was removed.
(6) "State supported living center" has the meaning assigned by Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code.