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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 749MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
SUBCHAPTER RADOPTION SERVICES: BIRTH PARENTS
DIVISION 1BIRTH PARENT PREPARATION
RULE §749.3501What information must I provide to birth parents who contact me for services?
(a) Upon establishing a formal relationship with birth parents, you must provide the following information to them in writing:

  (1) Alternatives and options to adoption that your policies do not oppose;

  (2) The services you provide, including counseling and post-adoption services;

  (3) Adoption registries;

  (4) Legal rights and responsibilities of both birth parents in regard to:

    (A) Relinquishment of parental rights;

    (B) Waivers of Interest;

    (C) Affidavit of status;

    (D) Termination of parental rights;

    (E) Designating the father of a child as "unknown" based on legal requirements; and

    (F) Paternity registry requirements; and

  (5) Any assistance available through the agency to meet housing, medical, and prenatal care and other needs;

(b) You must provide and discuss this information to birth parents in a language that they understand; and

(c) You must document the:

  (1) Date the information was shared; and

  (2) Agency staff that shared the information.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.3501 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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