Section 546.0252 - [Effective 4/1/2025] Family-Based Alternatives System: Purpose, Implementation, And Administration(a) The purpose of the family-based alternatives system is to further this state's policy of providing for a child's basic needs for safety, security, and stability by ensuring that a child becomes a part of a successful permanent family as soon as possible.(b) In achieving the purpose described by Subsection (a), the family-based alternatives system is intended to operate in a manner that recognizes that parents are a valued and integral part of the process established under the system. The system must:(1) encourage parents to participate in all decisions affecting their children; and(2) respect the authority of parents, other than parents whose parental rights have been terminated, to make decisions regarding their children.(c) The commission shall begin implementing the family-based alternatives system in areas of this state with high numbers of children who reside in institutions.(d) The family-based alternatives system may be administered in cooperation with public and private entities. (Gov. Code, Secs. 531.060(a), (b), (f), (h).)Tex. Gov't. Code § 546.0252
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 769,Sec. 1.01, eff. 4/1/2025.