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Texas Human Resources Code - HUM RES § 40.0025. Agency Functions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) In this section, “function” includes a power, duty, program, or activity and an administrative support services function associated with the power, duty, program, or activity, unless consolidated under former Section 531.02012, Government Code.

(b) In accordance with former Subchapter A-1, Chapter 531, Government Code, and notwithstanding any other law, the department performs only functions, including the statewide intake of reports and other information, related to the following services:

(1) child protective services, including services that are required by federal law to be provided by this state's child welfare agency;

(2) adult protective services, other than investigations of the alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an elderly person or person with a disability:

(A) in a facility operated, or in a facility or by a person licensed, certified, or registered, by a state agency;  or

(B) by a provider that has contracted to provide home and community-based services;  and

(3) family support services functions, including:

(A) family support services as defined under Section 137.002;  and

(B) programs that:

(i) provide parent education;

(ii) promote healthier parent-child relationships;  or

(iii) prevent family violence.

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