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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 749 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
SUBCHAPTER C - ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
SECTION/RULE §749.131 - What policies must I develop if I offer adoption services?
Chapter Review Date 06/19/2024

You must develop policies for adoption services that include:(1) Procedures and criteria for qualifying, screening, and selecting adoptive parents, including the:(A) Criteria you will use to evaluate potential adoptive parents;(B) Criteria you will use to make decisions about placing specific children with an adoptive family; and(C) Procedures you will use to implement the selection criteria;(2) Training and programs for the adoptive parents;(3) Statement of the rights and responsibilities of the agency and adoptive parents prior to the consummation of the adoption;(4) How you will assist the adoptive homes on how to best preserve the cultural identity of the children in their care;(5) Fees charged to adoptive parents and reimbursements to birth mothers consistent with Division 5 of this subchapter (relating to Financial Assistance to Birth Mothers);(6) Services that will be offered to birth parents;(7) Degree to which birth parents may be involved in planning for and placing their child; and(8) Post adoption services that will be offered to adoptive parents, adopted children, and birth parents.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.131 adopted to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 9944; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909.

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