{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-264.131","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 264.131","heading":"USE OF FOSTER CHILD DNA FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES PROHIBITED.","body":"The department may not collect or use a DNA sample from a child in the managing conservatorship of the department for any purpose without:\n(1) the written consent of an adult having actual care, control, and possession of the child as the child's primary caregiver; or\n(2) a court order.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 677 (H.B. 5149), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE E. PROTECTION OF THE CHILD","CHAPTER 264. CHILD WELFARE SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER B. FOSTER CARE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.264.htm#264.131","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"e9727ff5c46e17a3baf047a14532f030047681e57f7c4bdfcbaa15f727f06a70","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-264.130","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-264.151"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}