Texas Family Code Title 5, Chapter 266 - Medical Care And Educational Services For Children In Foster Care

• Texas Section 266.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Advanced practice nurse" has the meaning assigned by Section 157.051, Occupations Code. (1-a) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission....
• Texas Section 266.002 - Construction With Other Law
  This chapter does not limit the right to consent to medical, dental, psychological, and surgical treatment under Chapter 32. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 266.003 - Medical Services For Child Abuse And Neglect Victims
  (a) The commission shall collaborate with health care and child welfare professionals to design a comprehensive, cost-effective medical services delivery model, either directly or by...
• Texas Section 266.004 - Consent For Medical Care
  (a) Medical care may not be provided to a child in foster care unless the person authorized by this section has provided consent. (b) Except...
• Texas Section 266.0041 - Enrollment And Participation In Certain Research Programs
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 266.004, a person may not authorize the enrollment of a foster child or consent to the participation of a foster child in...
• Texas Section 266.0042 - Consent For Psychotropic Medication
  Consent to the administration of a psychotropic medication is valid only if: (1) the consent is given voluntarily and without undue influence; and (2) the...
• Texas Section 266.006 - Health Passport
  (a) The commission, in conjunction with the department, and with the assistance of physicians and other health care providers experienced in the care of foster...
• Texas Section 266.007 - Judicial Review Of Medical Care
  (a) At each hearing under Chapter 263, or more frequently if ordered by the court, the court shall review a summary of the medical care...
• Texas Section 266.008 - Education Passport
  (a) The commission shall develop an education passport for each foster child. The commission, in conjunction with the department, shall determine the format of the...
• Texas Section 266.009 - Provision Of Medical Care In Emergency
  (a) Consent or court authorization for the medical care of a foster child otherwise required by this chapter is not required in an emergency during...
• Texas Section 266.010 - Consent To Medical Care By Foster Child At Least 16 Years Of Age
  (a) A foster child who is at least 16 years of age may consent to the provision of medical care, except as provided by Chapter...
• Texas Section 266.011 - Monitoring Use Of Psychotropic Drug
  The person authorized to consent to medical treatment for a foster child prescribed a psychotropic medication shall ensure that the child has been seen by...
• Texas Section 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 a developmentally appropriate...

Last modified: September 28, 2016