Texas § HR.40.0025 - AGENCY FUNCTIONS
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§ HR.40.0025. AGENCY FUNCTIONS
AGENCY FUNCTIONS. (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. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200 ), Sec. 1.19, eff. September 1, 2017. Amended by: Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611 ), Sec. 2.91, eff. April 1, 2025. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1033 (S.B. 24 ), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2023.
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Section HR.40.0025 ("AGENCY FUNCTIONS") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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