Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 266.012 - Comprehensive Assessments(a) Not later than the 45th day after the date a child enters the conservatorship of the department, the child shall receive a developmentally appropriate comprehensive assessment. The assessment must include:(1) a screening for trauma; and(2) interviews with individuals who have knowledge of the child's needs.(b) The department shall develop guidelines regarding the contents of an assessment report.(c) A single source continuum contractor under Subchapter B-1, Chapter 264, providing therapeutic foster care services to a child shall ensure that the child receives a comprehensive assessment under this section at least once every 90 days.Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 319,Sec. 22, eff. 9/1/2017.Added by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 11,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2015.