Appeals court blocks $100,000 daily fine for Texas' troubled foster care program
A federal appeals court on Wednesday temporarily halted a $100,000-per-day contempt fine slapped on a Texas health and human services official earlier this week for her agency's routine neglect of investigations into allegations of abuse and neglect by children in the state’s beleaguered foster care system.
U.S. District Judge Janis Jack on Monday found Texas Health and Human Services Commissioner Cecile E. Young in contempt of her court orders to fix the way the state investigates complaints by children in its care.
It was the third time the state has been held in contempt of court orders since a 2011 lawsuit was filed about foster care conditions in the care of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary stay of the order while the state appeals Jack's ruling.
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