SECTION 749.2803. What changes affect a foster home's verification?

(a) Changes that affect a foster home's verification include a:

(1) Marriage, divorce, separation, death, birth, or any other change in household composition;

(2) Change in the foster home's address and/or location;

(3) Change in the foster home's capacity, as determined by the capacity requirements in §749.2557 of this title (relating to May a foster agency home exceed its verified capacity?);

(4) Changes in the ages and gender(s) of children for which the home is authorized to provide care; or

(5) Changes in the types of services the foster home will provide.

(b) You must issue a new or temporary verification certificate to a foster home to:

(1) Change the home's verification, including the home's address or location;

(2) Extend the expiration date of the home's time-limited verification; or

(3) Change a foster home's verification from time-limited to non-expiring.

(c) A verification certificate becomes invalid at the point of:

(1) The occurrence of any changes that affect a foster home's verification, including the home's address and/or location; or

(2) The foster home's limited verification expires.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.2803 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective December 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 10283; 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