SECTION 809.54. Continuity of Care

(a) Enrolled children, including children whose eligibility for Transitional child care has expired, shall receive child care through the end of the applicable eligibility periods described in §809.42.

(b) Except as provided by §809.75 relating to child care during appeal, nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted in a manner as to result in a child being removed from care.

(c) In closed DFPS CPS cases (DFPS cases) where child care is no longer funded by DFPS, child care shall continue through the end of the applicable eligibility periods described in §809.42 using funds allocated to the Board by the Commission.

(d) A Board shall ensure that no enrolled children of military parents in military deployment have a disruption of child care services or eligibility during military deployment, including parents in military deployment at the end of the 12-month eligibility redetermination period.

(e) A Board shall ensure that a child who is required by a court-ordered custody or visitation arrangement to leave a provider's care is permitted to continue receiving child care by the same provider, or another provider if agreed to by the parent in advance of the leave, upon return from the court-ordered custody or visitation arrangement.

Source Note: The provisions of this §809.54 adopted to be effective January 29, 2007, 32 TexReg 336; amended to be effective January 8, 2013, 38 TexReg 155; amended to be effective October 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 7529