Tex. Codes » Human Resources Code · TITLE 2. HUMAN SERVICES AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES IN GENERAL · SUBTITLE D. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CHAPTER 40. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
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Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 40.006 (2026)

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Sec. 40.006. APPLICATION OF OTHER LAWS. (a) The department is subject to Chapters 551, 2001, and 2002, Government Code.

(b) The department is not required to comply with Chapter 53, Occupations Code, in issuing a license or conducting a background check under Chapter 42 or 43.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 920, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Amended by:

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 720 (S.B. 68), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2002–2024 · leading case: Dep't of Prot. & Regulatory Servs. v. Schutz, 101 S.W.3d 512 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2003).
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Dep't of Prot. & Regulatory Servs. v. Schutz, 101 S.W.3d 512 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2003). “Tex. Hum. Res. Code Ann. § 40.006 (Vernon 2001); Tex.”
Mega Child Care, Inc. v. Texas Dep't of Prot. & Regulatory Servs., 81 S.W.3d 470 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2002). “Tex. Hum. Res.Code Ann. § 40.006 (Vernon 2001); Tex.”
Greg Abbott v. Jane Doe, 691 S.W.3d 55 (Tex. App.—Austin 2024). “See Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 40.006(a). The Department does not have the authority to announce without following APA rulemaking procedures that the 38 provision of certain medical care—only when administered to transgender minors—constitutes child abuse.”
Mega Child Care, Inc. v. Texas Dep't of Prot. & Regulatory Servs., No. 01-99-01243-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] June 28, 2002). “Tex. Hum. Res. Code Ann. § 40.006 (Vernon 2001); Tex.”
Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 40.006(a): 1 case
Greg Abbott v. Jane Doe, 691 S.W.3d 55 (Tex. App.—Austin 2024). “See Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 40.006(a). The Department does not have the authority to announce without following APA rulemaking procedures that the 38 provision of certain medical care—only when administered to transgender minors—constitutes child abuse.”
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