Sec. 265.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Department" means the Department of Family and Protective Services.
(2) "Division" means the prevention and early intervention services division within the department.
(3) "Prevention and early intervention services" means programs intended to provide early intervention or prevent at-risk behaviors that lead to child abuse, delinquency, running away, truancy, and dropping out of school.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 489, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 632 (H.B. 662), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.
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