Family Code § 266.012

Children in the department’s conservatorship must receive a comprehensive assessment within 45 days, including trauma screening and interviews; some children also get sexual-exploitation risk screening. Contractors providing therapeutic foster care must repeat the assessment at least every 90 days, and the department m

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Children in the department’s conservatorship must receive a comprehensive assessment within 45 days, including trauma screening and interviews; some children also get sexual-exploitation risk screening. Contractors providing therapeutic foster care must repeat the assessment at least every 90 days, and the department must develop assessment-report guidelines.

Sec. 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: (1) a developmentally appropriate comprehensive assessment that includes: (A) a screening for trauma; and (B) interviews with individuals who have knowledge of the child's needs; and (2) a screening for risk of commercial sexual exploitation using a validated, evidenced-informed tool selected by the Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Unit established under Section 772.0062, Government Code, if: (A) validation guidelines based on the child's age indicate the screening is appropriate; or (B) concerns of commercial sexual exploitation exist. (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. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 11 (S.B. 125), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015. Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 22, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 262 (H.B. 451), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.

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