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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 811.001: DEFINITIONS.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 9. SAFETY
- SUBTITLE D. INTERAGENCY SAFETY INITIATIVES
- CHAPTER 811. EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN FACILITIES TO PREVENT PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN
In this chapter:
(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.
(2) "Department" means the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
(3) "Facility" means:
(A) a residential treatment facility or group home licensed or otherwise regulated by the commission;
(B) a juvenile detention facility regulated by the department; or
(C) a shelter operated by or under the authority of a county or municipality that provides temporary living accommodations for individuals who are homeless.
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 614 (H.B. 3153), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
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