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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 O - FOSTER HOMES: HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, ENVIRONMENT, SPACE AND EQUIPMENT
SECTION/RULE §749.2965 - How must I determine whether weapons, firearms, explosive materials, or projectiles are present in a foster home?
Chapter Review Date 06/19/2024

(a) When you complete a foster home screening, you must ask whether weapons, firearms, explosive materials, or projectiles are present in the home. If these items are present, you must review your policies and requirements with the prospective foster parents.(b) The foster home record must include documentation on the:(1) Items present in the home; and(2) Specific precautions the caregivers must take to ensure that children do not have unsupervised access.(c) The two-year evaluation of compliance with rules of this chapter must include a discussion of whether the home has weapons, firearms, explosive materials, or projectiles, and if so, how these items are stored.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.2965 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909.

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