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 5 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO BIRTH MOTHERS
Section 749.241 - If a birth mother decides not to relinquish a child for adoption, may I require her to repay my agency or the adoptive parent for expenses and services incurred?

(a) No, you may not require a birth mother to repay you for expenses and/or services incurred.

(b) You must inform a birth mother of this policy in writing upon establishing any formal relationship between your agency and a birth mother and post it in the agency's offices in a place routinely visible to birth mothers. The written policy provided to the birth mother must be in a language spoken and read by the birth mother.