Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 40	SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
PART 19	DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
CHAPTER 700	CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER C	ELIGIBILITY FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
RULE §700.311	Eligible Individuals

(a) Children and their families are eligible for services to prevent abuse and neglect and to avoid having to remove children from their homes, services to remove children in danger of harm, and services to reunify families when both of the following two conditions are satisfied.

(1) Child Protective Services (CPS) determines that there is a reasonable likelihood that a child will be abused or neglected in the foreseeable future. CPS bases this determination on the statutory definitions of child abuse and neglect in the Texas Family Code, §261.001.

(2) The case meets the criteria for providing services in at least one of the following sections and subchapters:

(A) §700.515 of this title (relating to Providing Immediate Protection);

(B) Subchapter G of this chapter (relating to Services for Families);

(D) Subchapter M of this chapter (relating to Substitute-Care Placement Services.

(b) CPS staff must redetermine each client's eligibility for services at least every six months through the case planning process.

Source Note: The provisions of this §700.311 adopted to be effective October 31, 1984, 9 TexReg 5431; amended to be effective June 15, 1987, 12 TexReg 1780; amended to be effective April 15, 1990, 15 TexReg 1841; amended to be effective June 1, 1991, 16 TexReg 2474; amended to be effective September 1, 1992, 17 TexReg 5364; transferred effective September 1, 1992, as published in the Texas Register September 11, 1992, 17 TexReg 6279; amended to be effective September 1, 2007, 32 TexReg 5386