SECTION 749.3027. May a child in care share a bedroom with an adult caregiver in the foster home?

(a) A child may share a bedroom with an adult caregiver if:

(1) It is in the best interest of the child;

(2) The child is under three years old and sleeps in the bedroom of a caregiver; and

(3) The service planning team dates and documents the approval in the child's service plan.

(b) An exception for a child to share a bedroom with an adult caregiver may be made during specific travel and camping situations if no other more reasonable provision is available to the child and other requirements are met.

(c) Children may not sleep in the same bed with an adult caregiver at any time.

(d) To facilitate continuous supervision of a child, the caregiver may move a child to a location where the caregiver can directly and continuously supervise a child until there is no longer an immediate danger to self or others. However, the caregiver must provide comfortable sleeping arrangements for the child.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.3027 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7522; 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