{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-264.202","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 264.202","heading":"STANDARDS AND EFFECTIVENESS.","body":"(a) The department, with assistance from national organizations with expertise in child protective services, shall define a minimal baseline of in-home and foster care services for abused or neglected children that meets the professionally recognized standards for those services. The department shall attempt to provide services at a standard not lower than the minimal baseline standard.\n(b) The department, with assistance from national organizations with expertise in child protective services, shall develop outcome measures to track and monitor the effectiveness of in-home and foster care services.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.","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 C. CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.264.htm#264.202","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"0631180507dbd8132f5bce5c8693b43746029509a6efbb540016e5859246f739","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-264.2015","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-264.203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}