Texas Administrative Code
Title 40 - SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
Part 19 - DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Chapter 700 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Subchapter J - ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR RELATIVES AND OTHER CAREGIVERS
Division 2 - PERMANENCY CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Section 700.1043 - How and when is a permanent kinship conservator reimbursed for the costs of the nonrecurring expenses associated with obtaining permanent managing conservatorship of the child and how are these expenses calculated?

(a) A permanent kinship conservator who has entered into a permanency care assistance agreement will not be reimbursed for nonrecurring expenses associated with obtaining permanent managing conservatorship of the child who is the subject of the agreement until after that person becomes the child's permanent managing conservator.

(b) To obtain reimbursement, the permanent kinship conservator must submit receipts or other proof of payment, such as cancelled checks, to DFPS.

(c) The nonrecurring expenses for which a person may be reimbursed include only those expenses incurred directly by the permanent kinship conservator, or for which the permanent kinship conservator was required to reimburse a third party, that were reasonable and necessary to complete the legal process of becoming the child's permanent kinship conservator. Such expenses may include the costs of obtaining a home study, legal fees, court costs, health and psychological examinations, and transportation and reasonable costs of lodging and food for the permanent kinship conservator or the child.

(d) The permanent kinship conservator must submit a claim for reimbursement and receipts or other proof of payment no more than 18 months after obtaining permanent managing conservatorship of the child.

(e) The maximum amount that a permanent kinship conservator may be reimbursed for nonrecurring expenses is $1,200 per child covered by a permanency care assistance agreement.