{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-546.0256","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 546.0256","heading":"PLACEMENT OPTIONS.","body":"(a) In placing a child in a family-based alternative, the family-based alternatives system may use a variety of placement options, including a shared parenting arrangement between the alternative family and the child's birth family. Regardless of the option used, a family-based alternative placement must be designed as a long-term arrangement, except in cases in which the child's birth family chooses to return the child to their home.\n(b) Adoption of the child by the child's alternative family is an available option in cases in which the child's birth family's parental rights have been terminated.\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 F. FAMILY-BASED ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.546.htm#546.0256","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"44e2ee7ae2acc824fd57f0160e7447f9361cc68e9b66619e5f91c4f8e2afebff","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-546.0255","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-546.0257"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}