Texas Human Resources Code 40.043 – Child Safety and Runaway Prevention Procedures
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Terms Used In Texas Human Resources Code 40.043
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
The commissioner by rule shall establish the department’s strategy to:
(1) develop trauma-informed protocols for reducing the number of incidents in which a child in the conservatorship of the department runs away from a residential treatment center; and
(2) balance measures aimed at protecting child safety with federal and state requirements related to normalcy and decision making under the reasonable and prudent parent standard prescribed by 42 U.S.C. § 675 and Sections 264.001 and 264.125, Family Code.
