{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-264.161","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 264.161","heading":"STATUTORY DUTIES ASSUMED BY CONTRACTOR.","body":"Except as provided by Section 264.163, a single source continuum contractor providing foster care services and services for relative and kinship caregivers in a catchment area must, either directly or through subcontractors, assume the statutory duties of the department in connection with the delivery of foster care services and services for relative and kinship caregivers in that catchment area.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 18(a), eff. September 1, 2017.","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-1. COMMUNITY-BASED CARE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.264.htm#264.161","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"d090f23300383e5f6bbf86dfc05df653bdb95cc35b1a89cfe4a96d2944b7f737","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-264.160","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-264.162"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}