{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-461a.055","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 461A.055","heading":"REPORTING OF CHILDREN INVOLVED IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR FROM FAMILY INVOLVED IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE.","body":"(a) The department in the context of mental health services, the commission, the Department of Aging and Disability Services, and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department shall:\n(1) attempt to determine whether a child under the agency's jurisdiction is involved in substance abuse or is from a substance-abusing family;\n(2) record its determination in the case record of the child; and\n(3) record the information for statistical reporting purposes.\n(b) The agencies shall revise their assessment forms, as needed, to include a determination under this section.\n(c) The department shall coordinate the efforts of the agencies described by Subsection (a) in complying with this section.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1158, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE B. ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS","CHAPTER 461A. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY SERVICES AND RELATED PROGRAMS","SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT, COMMISSIONER, AND EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.461A.htm#461A.055","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"1b3de7dc74abba0721c5d2e557c3896100aebe413bcca63b24d50df0e087a37d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-461a.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-461a.056"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}