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 H - FOSTER CARE SERVICES: ADMISSION AND PLACEMENT
Division 1 - ADMISSIONS
Section 749.1113 - What information must I share with the parent at the time of placement?
Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code § 749.1113
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) At admission, you must provide the following policies to the parent placing the child:
(1) Fee policies;
(2) Emergency behavior intervention
policies;
(3) Discipline
policies;
(4) Adoption policies, if
applicable; and
(5) Any other
policies required by us, upon request of the parent
(b) At admission, you must provide and explain the following written information and policies to the parent placing the child:
(1) Information about the policies
that you would present a child during orientation;
(2) Your policies regarding the:
(A) Use of volunteers, if
applicable;
(B) Type and frequency
of notifications made to parents; and
(C) Involvement of the child in any publicity
or fundraising activity for the agency; and
(3) Information about the parent's right to
refuse to or withdraw consent for a child to participate in:
(A) Research programs; or
(B) Publicity or fundraising activities for
the agency.
(c) If you sign a placement agreement for a transitional living program with a child as specified in § 749.1109(c) of this title (relating to What is a placement agreement?), then you:
(1) Must share the policies noted in
subsection (a) of this section with the child, instead of the parent;
(2) Do not have to comply with subsection (b)
of this section, but you must provide and explain to the child your policies
regarding the:
(A) Use of
volunteers;
(B) Involvement of the
child in any publicity or fundraising activity for the agency; and
(C) Child's right to refuse to or withdraw
consent to participate in:
(i) Research
programs; or
(ii) Publicity or
fundraising activities for the agency; and
(3) Must attempt to notify the child's parent
of the child's location, if the child was admitted without the consent of the
parent.
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