Texas § 42.201 DEFINITIONS.

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§ 42.201 — DEFINITIONS.

Texas § 42.201

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Tex. Human Resources Code Code Ann. § 42.201 (2026).

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Sec. 42.201. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:

(1)"Shelter" means a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter or other facility that is designed to provide temporary living accommodations to individuals and families, including a family violence shelter, a homeless shelter, and an emergency shelter. The term does not include a temporary facility established in response to a natural or other disaster.

(2)"Shelter care" means child care that is provided:

(A)to seven or more children under 14 years of age who temporarily reside at a shelter each with an adult who is related to the child by blood or who is the child's managing conservator;

(B)by a person who is not a temporary resident of a shelter; and

(C)while the adult described by Paragraph (A) is away from the shelter.

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Sec. 42.201. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Shelter" means a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter or other facility that is designed to provide temporary living accommodations to individuals and families, including a family violence shelter, a homeless shelter, and an emergency shelter. The term does not include a temporary facility established in response to a natural or other disaster.
(2) "Shelter care" means child care that is provided:
(A) to seven or more children under 14 years of age who temporarily reside at a shelter each with an adult who is related to the child by blood or who is the child's managing conservator;
(B) by a person who is not a temporary resident of a shelter; and
(C) while the adult described by Paragraph (A) is away from the shelter.
(3) "Shelter day-care facility" means a shelter that provides shelter care for not more than 24 hours a day, but at least four hours a day, three or more days a week.

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(Court of Appeals of Texas, 2023)