For another Subchapter B-2, consisting of Secs. 264.191 to 264.196, added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 73 (S.B. 2034), Sec. 2, see Sec. 264.191 et seq., post.
For expiration of this subchapter, see Section 264.198.
In this subchapter:
- (1) "Catchment area" has the meaning assigned by Section 264.152.
- (2) "Community-based care" means the provision of child welfare services in accordance with state and federal child welfare goals by a community-based nonprofit or local governmental entity under the pilot program.
- (3) "Eligible rural region" means a catchment area for which the department requested but did not receive bids, proposals, or other applicable expressions of interest to implement community-based care under Subchapter B-1 in which at least two-thirds of the counties comprising the area have a population of 50,000 or less.
- (4) "Pilot program" means a rural community-based care pilot program implemented under this subchapter.
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 9 (S.B. 513), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.