Tex. Human Resources Code § 45.005
This is the official text of Tex. Human Resources Code § 45.005, part of Texas’s Human Resources Code — governs state social services and welfare programs.
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§ 45.005. SECONDARY SERVICES PROVIDERS AND REFERRALS.
Official statutory text
(a) A child welfare services provider may not be required to provide any service that conflicts with the provider's sincerely held religious beliefs.
(b) A governmental entity or any person that operates under governmental authority to refer or place children for child welfare services shall:
(1) ensure that a secondary child welfare services provider is available in that catchment area to provide a service described by Subsection (a) to a child; or
(2) if there is an insufficient number of secondary services providers willing or available in that catchment area to provide that service, provide for one or more secondary services providers in a nearby catchment area.
(c) A child welfare services provider who declines to provide a child welfare service as authorized by this section shall:
(1) provide to the person seeking the service written information directing the person to:
(A) the web page on the department's Internet website that includes a list of other licensed child welfare services providers; or
(B) other information sources that identify other licensed child welfare services providers who provide the service being denied;
(2) refer the applicant to another licensed child welfare services provider who provides the service being denied; or
(3) refer the applicant to the department or to a single source continuum contractor to identify and locate a licensed child welfare services provider who provides the service being denied.
(b) A governmental entity or any person that operates under governmental authority to refer or place children for child welfare services shall:
(1) ensure that a secondary child welfare services provider is available in that catchment area to provide a service described by Subsection (a) to a child; or
(2) if there is an insufficient number of secondary services providers willing or available in that catchment area to provide that service, provide for one or more secondary services providers in a nearby catchment area.
(c) A child welfare services provider who declines to provide a child welfare service as authorized by this section shall:
(1) provide to the person seeking the service written information directing the person to:
(A) the web page on the department's Internet website that includes a list of other licensed child welfare services providers; or
(B) other information sources that identify other licensed child welfare services providers who provide the service being denied;
(2) refer the applicant to another licensed child welfare services provider who provides the service being denied; or
(3) refer the applicant to the department or to a single source continuum contractor to identify and locate a licensed child welfare services provider who provides the service being denied.
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