REQUIRED ACTIONS AFTER NOTICE OF FAMILY VIOLENCE CALL

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 5A.009 , 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. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 524 (S.B. 723 ), Sec. 4, eff. June 16, 2007. Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 317 (H.B. 7 ), Sec. 51, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 202 (H.B. 1610 ), Sec. 2.18, eff. April 1, 2027.