Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.0449
This is the official text of Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.0449, part of Texas’s Human Resources Code — governs state social services and welfare programs.
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§ 42.0449. REQUIRED ACTIONS AFTER NOTICE OF FAMILY VIOLENCE CALL.
Official statutory text
The executive commissioner shall adopt rules specifying the actions that the department, a child-placing agency, and a continuum-of-care residential operation that includes a child-placing agency shall take after receiving notice of a family violence report under Article 5.05, Code of Criminal Procedure, or Section 42.0448 to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of each child residing in the verified agency foster home.
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