Procedures in Suit by Governmental Entity to Protect Health and Safety of Child · Emergency Possession of Certain Abandoned Children
(a) Not later than the close of the first business day after the date on which a designated emergency infant care provider takes possession of a child under Section 262.302, the provider shall notify the Department of Family and Protective Services that the provider has taken possession of the child.
(b) The department shall assume the care, control, and custody of the child immediately on receipt of notice under Subsection (a).
Official text of the Texas Family Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.
