Tex. Fam. Code § 101.0133
Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
"Foster care" means the placement of a child who is in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and in care outside the child's home in a residential child-care facility, including an agency foster home, specialized child-care home, cottage home operation, general residential operation, or another facility licensed or certified under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, in which care is provided for 24 hours a day.
Tex. Fam. Code § 101.0133