Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 26	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 749	MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
SUBCHAPTER S	ADOPTION SERVICES: ADOPTIVE PARENTS
DIVISION 8	SUBSEQUENT ADOPTIONS
RULE §749.3781	What are the requirements if adoptive parents apply to adopt another child?

(a) Before you may place another child into the home, you must update the adoptive home screening.

(b) The update must include at least one:

(1) Individual interview with each applicant;

(2) Individual interview with each child three years or older living in the home either full or part time;

(3) Individual interview with any other person living full or part time with the family; and

(4) Visit to the home while all family members are present.

(d) If a subsequent adoption occurs within one year from a previous adoption, in which all of the required home visits and interviews were conducted, an individual interview with each adoptive parent and a home visit with all household members present will meet the interview and home visit requirements.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.3781 adopted 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