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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 749MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
SUBCHAPTER MFOSTER HOMES: SCREENINGS AND VERIFICATIONS
DIVISION 5CAPACITY AND CHILD/CAREGIVER RATIO
RULE §749.2557May a foster home exceed its verified capacity?

(a) The number of children in a foster home, including the biological and adopted children of the caregivers who live in the foster home, any children receiving foster or respite child-care, and children for whom the family provides day care, must not exceed the total capacity stated on the home's verification.

(b) Children visiting the home or in the home for infrequent babysitting are not counted in the capacity of the home. However, the caregivers in the home must ensure that the presence of additional children in the home does not prevent adequate supervision of children in foster and respite child-care.


Source Note: The provisions of this §749.2557 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7522; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909

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