{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-40.0521","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Human Resources Code § 40.0521","heading":"RULES REGARDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.","body":"(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt and the department shall implement rules that require an investigating employee to document indications of domestic violence, including elder, spousal, and child abuse. The department may develop forms to facilitate the documentation process.\n(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall require that written information, printed in English and Spanish, concerning community services that are available to victims of domestic violence be distributed to those victims. The department may coordinate its efforts under this subsection with local law enforcement agencies already providing that information.\n(c) The department shall include in its annual report statistical compilations of information regarding domestic abuse documented under Subsection (a).\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 21.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.198, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HUMAN RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 2. HUMAN SERVICES AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES IN GENERAL","SUBTITLE D. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES","CHAPTER 40. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER C. GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.40.htm#40.0521","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:18Z","sha256":"d02f14fffadd5e607b72249cb8eddf3d618537ccf76089e89af82647d6345bb1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-40.0516","next":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-40.0522"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}