Sec. 40.051. STRATEGIC PLAN FOR DEPARTMENT. The department shall develop a departmental strategic plan based on the goals and priorities stated in the commission's coordinated strategic plan for health and human services. The department shall also develop its plan based on:
(1) furthering the policy of family preservation;
(2) the goal of ending the abuse and neglect of children in the conservatorship of the department; and
(3) the goal of increasing the capacity and availability of foster, relative, and kinship placements in this state.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 920, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1022, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 249), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2017.