Section 546.0207 - [Effective 4/1/2025] Designation Of Volunteer Advocate(a) The commission shall designate an individual, including a member of a community-based organization, to serve as a volunteer advocate for a child residing in an institution to assist in developing a permanency plan for the child if:(1) the child's parent or guardian requests the assistance of an advocate;(2) the institution in which the child is placed cannot locate the child's parent or guardian; or(3) the child resides in an institution the commission operates.(b) The individual designated to serve as the child's volunteer advocate may be: (1) an individual the child's parent or guardian selects, except that the individual may not be employed by or under a contract with the institution in which the child resides;(2) an adult relative of the child; or(3) a child advocacy group representative.(c) The commission shall provide to each individual designated to serve as a child's volunteer advocate information regarding permanency planning under this subchapter. (Gov. Code, Sec. 531.156.)Tex. Gov't. Code § 546.0207
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 769,Sec. 1.01, eff. 4/1/2025.