USE OF FOSTER CHILD DNA FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES PROHIBITED
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 677 (H.B. 5149), Sec. 1, eff
The department may not collect or use a DNA sample from a child in the managing conservatorship of the department for any purpose without:
(1) the written consent of an adult having actual care, control, and possession of the child as the child's primary caregiver; or
(2) a court order.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.