26 Tex. Admin. Code § 749.131 - What policies must I develop if I offer adoption services?

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.

Notes

26 Tex. Admin. Code § 749.131

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