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 7 - BRANCH OFFICES
Section 749.305 - What are the requirements for administrators and treatment directors for a main office and branch offices?
Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code § 749.305
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) You must comply with one of the following:
(1) The main office and each branch
office, must have a separate:
(A)
Administrator who meets §
749.631 of this title (relating to
What qualifications must a child-placing agency administrator meet?);
and
(B) Treatment director, if
applicable, per §
749.721 of this title (relating to
Must I have a treatment director?); or
(2) Offices that operate based on the
following caseload limits for child placement staff may share the same
administrator and treatment director:
(A) A
caseload of foster children only that does not exceed:
(i) 35 for children receiving child-care
services;
(ii) 25 for children
receiving treatment services; and
(iii) 30 for a combination of children
receiving child-care services and children receiving treatment
services;
(B) A caseload
of foster homes only that does not exceed 15 homes; and
(C) A combination caseload of both children
and homes that does not exceed 30 cases. Calculate the maximum of 30 cases by
counting:
(i) Each child as one case;
and
(ii) Each foster family home as
one case.
(b) This rule does not apply to a child-placing agency that provides only adoption services, including foster homes verified by a private adoption agency solely for the care of infants awaiting placement in an adoptive home pending the resolution of the child's eligibility for adoption, or the readiness of an appropriate adoptive home, or both. This exception does not apply to a foster home that is also the intended adoptive home.
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