DEFINITIONS.
Tex. FAM Code § 262.351.
in effectIn this subchapter:
(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.
(1-a) "Department" means the Department of Family and Protective Services.
(1-b) "Relinquishment avoidance program" means the Health and Human Services Commission's program that provides mental health services to a child with a severe emotional disturbance without the child entering the managing conservatorship of the department.
(2) "Severe emotional disturbance" has the meaning assigned by Section 261.001 .
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1142 (S.B. 44 ), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.