SECTION 749.3463. If supplemental information concerning birth parents subsequently comes to my attention, what are my responsibilities?

(a) You must make reasonable efforts to inform the adoptive parents and/or an adult adoptee, in writing, about supplemental medical, psychological, or psychiatric information, including developing genetic conditions, terminal illnesses, or death of a birth parent, that subsequently comes to your attention. You must document the information provided, the date and method of providing the information, and the names of the persons receiving the information.

(b) When an adoptive placement is made, you must tell older adopted children and adoptive parents that you will communicate the information in subsection (a) of this section to them provided that they keep you informed of their whereabouts. You must document when you gave this information to the child and to adoptive parents.

(c) When you receive information on the identified topic, you must, at a minimum:

(1) Write the adoptive parents and/or adult adoptee at the last known address;

(2) If the letter is returned to you as undeliverable, check the telephone directory or Internet search for the city where the adoptive parents and/or adult adoptee were last known to be living;

(3) If this action does not locate the adoptive parents and/or adult adoptee, check the record for contact information on family members or others who may have knowledge of the adoptive parents and/or adult adoptee's whereabouts and attempt to contact these persons and obtain forwarding information; and

(4) Document your attempts to locate the adoptive parents and/or adult adoptee.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.3463 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909