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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 747 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-CARE HOMES
SUBCHAPTER Q - NUTRITION AND FOOD SERVICE
SECTION/RULE §747.3109 - May parents provide meals and/or snacks for their children instead of my child-care home providing them?
Chapter Review Date 05/17/2024

(a) Yes. However, your enrollment agreement, or an addendum to the agreement, signed by the parent must include a statement that the parent:(1) Is, choosing to provide the child's meals and snacks from home; and(2) Understands the child-care home is not responsible for its nutritional value or for meeting the child's daily food needs.(b) If the parent provides a meal but not a snack, you are responsible for providing a snack as specified in this subchapter.(c) You must provide safe and proper storage and service of the individual meals and snacks provided by parents.(d) Snacks provided by a parent must not be shared with other children, unless:(1) A parent is providing baked goods for a celebration or party being held at the home; and(2) You ensure that the shared snacks meet the needs of children who require special diets.

Source Note: The provisions of this §747.3109 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1462; amended to be effective July 1, 2005, 30 TexReg 3602; amended to be effective April 15, 2017, 42 TexReg 1906; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended to be effective March 10, 2021, 46 TexReg 1488.

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