{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-546.0207","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 546.0207","heading":"DESIGNATION OF VOLUNTEER ADVOCATE.","body":"(a) The commission shall designate an individual, including a member of a community-based organization, to serve as a volunteer advocate for a child residing in an institution to assist in developing a permanency plan for the child if:\n(1) the child's parent or guardian requests the assistance of an advocate;\n(2) the institution in which the child is placed cannot locate the child's parent or guardian; or\n(3) the child resides in an institution the commission operates.\n(b) The individual designated to serve as the child's volunteer advocate may be:\n(1) an individual the child's parent or guardian selects, except that the individual may not be employed by or under a contract with the institution in which the child resides;\n(2) an adult relative of the child; or\n(3) a child advocacy group representative.\n(c) The commission shall provide to each individual designated to serve as a child's volunteer advocate information regarding permanency planning under this subchapter.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE I. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","CHAPTER 546. LONG-TERM CARE AND SUPPORT OPTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS","SUBCHAPTER E. PERMANENCY PLANNING"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.546.htm#546.0207","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"7bf58be790bae5a9d161935ce7f84b4f636e79b050492785be39bc89a9bc2d10","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-546.0206","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-546.0208"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}