CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.
Tex. FAM Code § 264.607.
in effectThe commission shall require that a contract under Section 264.602 require the volunteer advocate program to:
(1) make quarterly and annual financial reports on a form provided by the commission;
(2) cooperate with inspections and audits that the commission makes to ensure service standards and fiscal responsibility; and
(3) provide as a minimum:
(A) independent and factual information in writing to the court and to counsel for the parties involved regarding the child;
(B) advocacy through the courts for permanent home placement and rehabilitation services for the child;
(C) monitoring of the child to ensure the safety of the child and to prevent unnecessary movement of the child to multiple temporary placements;
(D) reports in writing to the presiding judge and to counsel for the parties involved;
(E) community education relating to child abuse and neglect;
(F) referral services to existing community services;
(G) a volunteer recruitment and training program, including adequate screening procedures for volunteers;
(H) procedures to assure the confidentiality of records or information relating to the child; and
(I) compliance with the standards adopted under Section 264.602 .
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, Sec. 122, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1294, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1224 (S.B. 1369 ), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2009.