FOSTER CARE.
Tex. FAM Code § 101.0133.
in effect"Foster care" means the placement of a child who is in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and in care outside the child's home in a residential child-care facility, including an agency foster home, specialized child-care home, cottage home operation, general residential operation, or another facility licensed or certified under Chapter 42 , Human Resources Code, in which care is provided for 24 hours a day.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 206 ), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2015.