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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 749MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
SUBCHAPTER IFOSTER CARE SERVICES: SERVICE PLANNING, DISCHARGE
DIVISION 1SERVICE PLANS
RULE §749.1321With whom do I share the initial service plan?

(a) You must give a copy or summary of the initial service plan to the:

  (1) Child, when appropriate. At a minimum, you must give a copy or summary of the plan to a child 14 years of age or older, unless there is justification for not providing the plan;

  (2) Child’s parents; and

  (3) Child’s caregivers.

(b) If you provide a copy or summary of the initial service plan to a child:

  (1) The child must review the plan;

  (2) The child must sign the plan, or you must document the child's refusal to sign it; and

  (3) You must document if the child disagrees with the plan.

(c) If you do not provide a copy or summary of the initial service plan to a child, you must document your justification for not sharing the plan in the child's record.

(d) You must document in the child's record that you provided a copy or summary of the initial service plan to the child's parents.


Source Note: The provisions of this §749.1321 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 746; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 99449; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909

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