Texas Human Resources Code - HUM RES § 242.051. Administration of Institutions;  Charge of Children

(a) The department shall:

(b) The department shall have general charge of and be responsible for the welfare, custody, and rehabilitation of the children in a school, facility, or program operated or funded by the department.  The department shall seek to establish relationships and to organize a way of life that will meet the spiritual, moral, physical, emotional, intellectual, and social needs of the children under the department's care as those needs would be met in an adequate home.

(c) The department shall see that the buildings and premises are kept in good sanitary condition.