SECTION 749.2603. Are children in care required to participate in childhood activities?

(a) Children in care must participate in childhood activities, including unsupervised childhood activities, as much as possible.

(b) Service planning meetings, and any decision making regarding the child's need for supervision, must include discussions on how normalcy for the child can be achieved, and discussions, if applicable, regarding a child's refusal to participate in childhood activities. The child's service plan must specify whether there are any restrictions on the child's participation in these activities and whether the activities may extend into sleeping hours.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.2603 adopted to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 9978; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909