SECTION 700.1103. Provision of In-home Services When an Emergency Hearing Cannot Be Held Within Legally Required Time Limits

When the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services has removed a child from a home without a court order pursuant to Texas Family Code (TFC), §262.104, and must return the child to the home because an emergency hearing cannot be held within the time limits required in TFC, §262.106(c), Protective Services for Families and Children must provide whatever services it can in the home to protect the child from further harm.

Source Note: The provisions of this §700.1103 adopted to be effective May 15, 1992, 17 TexReg 2783; transferred effective September 1, 1992, as published in the Texas Register September 11, 1992, 17 TexReg 6279; amended to be effective August 1, 1996, 21 TexReg 3213.