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 O - FOSTER HOMES: HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, ENVIRONMENT, SPACE AND EQUIPMENT
Division 4 - SPACE AND EQUIPMENT
Section 749.3023 - Which rooms in the home may not be used as bedrooms?
Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code § 749.3023
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) Only a room that provides adequate opportunities for rest and privacy may be used as a bedroom.
(b) Bedrooms used by foster children must have at least one source of natural lighting.
(c) Foster children or any other household members may not use any of the following as a bedroom:
(1) A room commonly used for other purposes,
including dining rooms, living rooms, hallways, or porches;
(2) A passageway to other rooms; or
(3) A room that does not have doors for
privacy.
(d) A foster child may use a detached structure as a bedroom if:
(1) The child is 16 years old or
older;
(2) The service planning
team approves; and
(3) The detached
structure is included in required fire and health inspections for the foster
home.
(e) A foster child may use a basement as a bedroom if there is a second fire escape route from the basement.
(f) A foster child may not use a room, including a basement or detached structure, as a bedroom if there is no natural lighting:
(1) Unless you
verified the home prior to January 1, 2007; and
(2) Until the verification is no longer
valid, or the home is structurally altered through the addition of a new
room.
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