SECTION 749.4053. What safety and security policies must I develop?

You must develop written policies that address:

(1) The measures you will implement to ensure the safety and security of trafficking victims, caregivers, and employees, including measures that address both interior and exterior security while promoting a comfortable and nurturing environment on the grounds of the foster home;

(2) Foster parent protocols and procedures for ensuring a safe environment, including how to handle visitors not allowed at the foster home; and

(3) Appropriate safeguards with respect to a trafficking victim's access to forms of communication, including telephones, cell phones, computer, internet, mail, and visitors, which may pose a risk of further victimization of the child.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.4053 adopted to be effective December 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 9069; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended to be effective December 21, 2022, 47 TexReg 8120