Statutes | Tex. Hum. Res. Code ยง 40.002 | 2020

(a) In this section, "function" includes a power, duty, program, or activity and an administrative support services function associated with the power, duty, program, or activity, unless consolidated under Section 531.02012, Government Code.

(b) In accordance with Subchapter A-1, Chapter 531, Government Code, and notwithstanding any other law, the department performs only functions, including the statewide intake of reports and other information, related to the following services:

(1) child protective services, including services that are required by federal law to be provided by this states child welfare agency

(2) adult protective services, other than investigations of the alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an elderly person or person with a disability:

(A) in a facility operated, or in a facility or by a person licensed, certified, or registered, by a state agency or

(B) by a provider that has contracted to provide home and community-based services and

(3) prevention and early intervention services functions, including:

(A) prevention and early intervention services as defined under Section 265.001, Family Code and

(B) programs that:

(i) provide parent education

(ii) promote healthier parent-child relationships or

(iii) prevent family violence.