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 Q - ADOPTION SERVICES: CHILDREN
Division 6 - POST-PLACEMENT SUPERVISION
Section 749.3425 - What are the requirements for post-placement contacts with the adoptive family and child?
Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code § 749.3425
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) You must have face-to-face contacts with the child and adoptive parents, as follows:
(b) Contacts not in the home must allow you enough privacy to counsel with the adoptive family and evaluate the placement.
(c) After the first six months of placement, you must have at least quarterly face-to-face contacts in the adoptive home with the entire adoptive family until the adoption decree is entered.
(d) Contacts must be documented by child placement staff.
(e) You may contract with another licensed child-placing agency to make these contacts as long as:
(1) The person making the contacts
meets the minimum qualifications for a child placement staff in § 749.673
of Title 40 (relating to What are the qualifications that an employee must have
to perform child placement activities?);
(2) The agency submits the required
documentation to you;
(3) Your
child-placement management staff reviews and approves the documentation;
and
(4) You maintain the
documentation in the child's record.
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