26 Tex. Admin. Code § 744.521 - What rights does a parent of a child in care of my child-care operation have?

A parent of a child in care has the right to:

(1) Enter and examine your operation during its hours of operation without advance notice;

(2) File a complaint against your operation;

(3) Review your operation's publicly accessible records;

(4) Review your operation's written records concerning the parent's child, as outlined in § 744.601 of this chapter (relating to Who has the right to access children's records?);

(5) Receive from your operation:

(A) HHSC's inspection reports for your operation; and

(B) Information regarding how to access your operation's compliance history online;

(6) Have your operation comply with a valid court order signed by a judge that prevents another parent from visiting or removing the parent's child from your operation, as outlined in § 744.2801 of this chapter (relating to To whom may I release a child?);

(7) Be provided with contact information for Child Care Regulation, including the department's name, address, and telephone number;

(8) View any video recordings of an alleged incident of abuse or neglect involving the parent's child maintained by your operation as long as:

(A) Video recordings of the alleged incident are available;

(B) The parent is not allowed to retain any portion of the video depicting a child who is not the parent's child; and

(C) Your operation notifies in writing the parent of any other child captured in the video recording, before allowing the parent to inspect the video recording;

(9) Obtain a copy of your operation's policies and procedures, as outlined in § 744.503 of this subchapter (relating to Must I provide parents with a copy of my operational policies?);

(10) Review, upon request of the parent, your:

(A) Staff training records; and

(B) In-house training curriculum, if any; and

(11) Be free from any retaliatory action by your operation for exercising any of the parent's rights.

Notes

26 Tex. Admin. Code § 744.521

Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 33, August 16, 2024, TexReg 6226, eff. 8/19/2024