(a) The executive commissioner, after consulting with representatives from the commission, the Department of Family and Protective Services, and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, shall by rule adopt result-oriented standards that a provider of substitute care services for children under the care of this state must achieve.
(b) A health and human services agency that purchases substitute care services shall include the result-oriented standards as requirements in each substitute care service provider contract.

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Terms Used In Texas Government Code 526.0501


(c) A health and human services agency may provide information about a substitute care provider, including rates, contracts, outcomes, and client information, to another agency that purchases substitute care services.


Text of section effective on April 01, 2025