Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Family Code § 266.012: COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENTS.

(a) Not later than the 45th day after the date a child enters the conservatorship of the department, the child shall receive:
(1) a developmentally appropriate comprehensive assessment that includes:
(A) a screening for trauma; and
(B) interviews with individuals who have knowledge of the child's needs; and
(2) a screening for risk of commercial sexual exploitation using a validated, evidenced-informed tool selected by the Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Unit established under Section 772.0062, Government Code, if:
(A) validation guidelines based on the child's age indicate the screening is appropriate; or
(B) concerns of commercial sexual exploitation exist.
(b) The department shall develop guidelines regarding the contents of an assessment report.
(c) A single source continuum contractor under Subchapter B-1, Chapter 264, providing therapeutic foster care services to a child shall ensure that the child receives a comprehensive assessment under this section at least once every 90 days.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 11 (S.B. 125), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 22, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 262 (H.B. 451), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.

Where this section sits in the code

FAMILY CODE
TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
SUBTITLE E. PROTECTION OF THE CHILD
CHAPTER 266. MEDICAL CARE AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN IN CONSERVATORSHIP OF DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES

(a) Not later than the 45th day after the date a child enters the conservatorship of the department, the child shall receive:

(1) a developmentally appropriate comprehensive assessment that includes:

(A) a screening for trauma; and

(B) interviews with individuals who have knowledge of the child's needs; and

(2) a screening for risk of commercial sexual exploitation using a validated, evidenced-informed tool selected by the Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Unit established under Section 772.0062, Government Code, if:

(A) validation guidelines based on the child's age indicate the screening is appropriate; or

(B) concerns of commercial sexual exploitation exist.

(b) The department shall develop guidelines regarding the contents of an assessment report.

(c) A single source continuum contractor under Subchapter B-1, Chapter 264, providing therapeutic foster care services to a child shall ensure that the child receives a comprehensive assessment under this section at least once every 90 days.

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 11 (S.B. 125), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.

Amended by:

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 22, eff. September 1, 2017.

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 262 (H.B. 451), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.

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