{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-262.351","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 262.351","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Commission\" means the Health and Human Services Commission.\n(1-a) \"Department\" means the Department of Family and Protective Services.\n(1-b) \"Relinquishment avoidance program\" means the Health and Human Services Commission's program that provides mental health services to a child with a severe emotional disturbance without the child entering the managing conservatorship of the department.\n(2) \"Severe emotional disturbance\" has the meaning assigned by Section 261.001.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1142 (S.B. 44), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 579 (S.B. 642), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2021.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE E. PROTECTION OF THE CHILD","CHAPTER 262. PROCEDURES IN SUIT BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY TO PROTECT HEALTH AND SAFETY OF CHILD","SUBCHAPTER E. RELINQUISHING CHILD TO OBTAIN CERTAIN SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.262.htm#262.351","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"0eb49555e8fa4282429baea46dfed3b8da723825d0f173efc51f039bd215a236","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-262.309","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-262.352"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}