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TITLE 40 SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
PART 19DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
CHAPTER 707CHILD PROTECTIVE INVESTIGATIONS
SUBCHAPTER AINVESTIGATIONS
DIVISION 1INTAKE, INVESTIGATION AND ASSESSMENT
RULE §707.473What is refusal to assume parental responsibility (RAPR)?
ISSUE 07/01/2022
ACTION Proposed
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule
(a)Neglect is defined in Texas Family Code (TFC) §261.001(4) as an act or failure to act by a person responsible for a child's care, custody, or welfare evidencing the person 's blatant disregard for the consequences of the act or failure to act that results in harm to the child or that creates an immediate danger to the child's physical health or safety. RAPR is a subset of the statutory definition [definitions] of neglect [that appear in Texas Family Code §261.001(4)] and involves [includes ] the following acts or omissions by a person: the failure by the person responsible for a child's care, custody, or welfare to permit the child to return to the child's home without arranging for the necessary care for the child after the child has been absent from the home for any reason, including having been in residential placement or having run away.

(b) - (e)(No change.)

The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on June 15, 2022

TRD-202202257

Vicki Kozikoujekian

General Counsel

Department of Family and Protective Services

Earliest possible date of adoption: July 31, 2022

For further information, please call: (512) 929-6824

 

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