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Texas Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 27,2024) |
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TITLE 26. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES |
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PART 1. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION |
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CHAPTER 749. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES |
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SUBCHAPTER C. ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION |
| DIVISION 1. PLANS AND POLICIES REQUIRED DURING THE APPLICATION PROCESS |
| § 749.101. What plans must I submit for Licensing's approval as part of the application process? |
| § 749.103. What policies and procedures must I submit for Licensing's approval as part of the application process? |
| § 749.105. What are the requirements for my personnel policies and procedures? |
| § 749.107. What must my conflict of interest policies include? |
| § 749.109. What must my admission policies include? |
| § 749.111. What must my placement policies include? |
| § 749.113. What child-care policies must I develop? |
| § 749.115. What emergency behavior intervention policies must I develop if my foster homes are permitted to use emergency behavior intervention? |
| § 749.117. What are the requirements for my discipline policies for children in care? |
| § 749.119. What foster care policies must I develop? |
| § 749.121. What policies must I develop concerning the rights and responsibilities of the child-placing agency and foster parents? |
| § 749.123. What policies must I develop regarding foster parents who provide treatment services to a child with primary medical needs? |
| § 749.125. What policies must I develop for foster parents who offer a transitional living program? |
| § 749.127. What policies must I develop for babysitters, overnight care providers, and respite care providers? |
| § 749.129. What policies must I develop for a legal risk placement program for foster-adoptive families? |
| § 749.131. What policies must I develop if I offer adoption services? |
| § 749.133. What policies must I develop if I use volunteers? |
| § 749.135. What abuse and neglect policies must I develop? |
| § 749.136. What suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy must I have? |
| § 749.137. What is the model suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy? |
| § 749.138. What are the general requirements for an agency's policies and procedures? |
| § 749.139. What requirements must I follow when adopting my child-placing agency's plans, policies, and procedures? |
| § 749.141. Can Licensing cite my agency for a deficiency if I fail to operate according to my approved plans, policies, and procedures? |
| DIVISION 2. OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND NOTIFICATIONS |
| § 749.151. What are my operational responsibilities? |
| § 749.153. What changes must I notify Licensing about regarding my child-placing agency? |
| § 749.154. What is my timeframe for filling my child-placing agency administrator position if it becomes vacant while I do not have a back-up administrator to carry out the administrator duties? |
| § 749.155. What are the liability insurance requirements? |
| § 749.157. What are acceptable reasons not to have liability insurance? |
| § 749.159. When must I notify parents that I do not carry liability insurance? |
| DIVISION 3. GENERAL FISCAL REQUIREMENTS |
| § 749.161. What are my fiscal requirements? |
| DIVISION 4. FISCAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ADOPTION AGENCIES |
| § 749.191. What type of financial report must I submit to Licensing if I provide adoption services? |
| § 749.193. May I make payments for adoption referrals? |
| § 749.195. What types of fees may I collect prior to the completion and approval of a home study? |
| § 749.197. For adoption services, what fee policies must I have? |
| § 749.199. Must I charge the same fees for all adoptions? |
| DIVISION 5. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO BIRTH MOTHERS |
| § 749.231. What financial assistance may I provide for a birth mother? |
| § 749.233. During what period of time may I provide financial assistance to a birth mother? |
| § 749.235. How do I determine the birth mother's need for financial assistance? |
| § 749.237. How do I document financial assistance that I provide for a birth mother? |
| § 749.239. May I provide cash payments to birth mothers? |
| § 749.241. If a birth mother decides not to relinquish a child for adoption, may I require her to repay my agency or the adoptive parent for expenses and services incurred? |
| § 749.243. May I provide foster care services free of charge or at a reduced rate to a birth mother that needs time to make a decision about adoptive placement? |
| § 749.245. If a birth mother's needs are met through existing resources, can I disrupt that arrangement? |
| DIVISION 6. FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY/PASS-THROUGH EXPENSES |
| § 749.271. May I require adoptive families to reimburse me for expenses incurred by the birth mother? |
| § 749.273. What must I do if I pass through expenses to adoptive families? |
| DIVISION 7. BRANCH OFFICES |
| § 749.301. What is a branch office? |
| § 749.303. What must I do before opening a branch office? |
| § 749.304. Where must I have a main or branch office? |
| § 749.305. What are the requirements for administrators and treatment directors for a main office and branch offices? |
| § 749.307. What happens to the foster homes supervised by a branch office when the branch office closes? |
| DIVISION 8. CLIENTS AND APPEALS |
| § 749.421. Who are my clients? |
| § 749.423. What rights do my adult clients have? |
| § 749.425. What must my appeal process include? |