
§ 22.001. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE 
DEPARTMENT.  (a) The department is responsible for administering 
the welfare functions authorized in this title.
	(b)  The department shall administer assistance to needy 
persons who are aged, blind, or disabled and to needy families with 
dependent children.  The department shall also administer or 
supervise general relief services.  The department may administer 
state child day-care services.
	(c)  The department shall assist other governmental agencies 
in performing services in conformity with the purposes of this 
title when so requested and shall cooperate with the agencies when 
expedient.
	(d)  The department shall conduct research and compile 
statistics on public welfare programs in the state.  The research 
must include all phases of dependency and delinquency and related 
problems.  The department shall cooperate with other public and 
private agencies in developing plans for the prevention and 
treatment of conditions giving rise to public welfare problems.
	(e)  The department shall contract with the Texas Department 
of Transportation for the Texas Department of Transportation to 
deliver public transportation services to clients of eligible 
programs, except that the Texas Department of Transportation may 
not assume responsibility for client case review, case management, 
or coordination or authorization of benefits.
	(f)  The department may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and 
donations of money or property from public or private sources for 
use in assisting needy persons or otherwise carrying out any of the 
department's functions.

Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2340, ch. 842, art. 1, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 
1979.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1052, § 1.07, 1.08, 
eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1265, § 1, eff. 
Sept. 1, 1989;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 747, § 61(3), eff. 
Sept. 1, 1993;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, § 8.013, eff. Sept. 
1, 1995;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 162, § 1, eff. May 27, 2003;  
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, § 2.129, eff. Sept. 1, 2003;  Acts 
2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, § 13.06, eff. Sept. 1, 2003;  Acts 
2005, 79th Leg., ch. 281, § 4.04, eff. June 14, 2005;  Acts 2005, 
79th Leg., ch. 728, § 23.001(54), eff. Sept. 1, 2005.

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