Texas Statutes
Subchapter C. Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance
Article IV. Compacts Authorized

The Department of Family and Protective Services, through its commissioner, is authorized to develop, participate in the development of, negotiate, and enter into one or more interstate compacts on behalf of this state with other states to implement one or more of the purposes of this compact. An interstate compact authorized by this article has the force and effect of law.