SECTION 749.1113. What information must I share with the parent at the time of placement?

(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.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.1113 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective March 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 1193; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 9944; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended to be effective April 25, 2022, 47 TexReg 2272