Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 749 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
Subchapter C - ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
Division 1 - PLANS AND POLICIES REQUIRED DURING THE APPLICATION PROCESS
Section 749.105 - What are the requirements for my personnel policies and procedures?

(1) Include an organizational chart showing the administrative, professional, and staffing structures and lines of authority;

(2) Include written job descriptions, including minimum qualifications and job responsibilities for each position;

(3) Include a written professional staffing plan that:

(4) Include written training requirements for employees and caregivers;

(5) Comply with background check requirements outlined in Subchapter F of Chapter 745 of this title (relating to Background Checks);

(6) Require your employees to report serious incidents and suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation. An employee who suspects abuse, neglect, or exploitation must report the employee's suspicion directly to the Texas Abuse and Neglect Hotline, as directed by Texas Family Code § 261.101(b). An employee may not delegate the responsibility to make a report, and you may not require an employee to seek approval to file a report or to notify you that a report was made;

(7) Require that all employees and consulting, contracting, and volunteer professionals who work with a child and others with access to information about a child be informed in writing of their responsibility to maintain child confidentiality; and

(8) Either adopt the model drug testing policy or have a written drug testing policy that meets or exceeds the criteria in the model policy provided in § 745.4151 of this title (relating to What drug testing policy must my residential child-care operation have?).