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TITLE 40SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
PART 19DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
CHAPTER 707CHILD PROTECTIVE INVESTIGATIONS
SUBCHAPTER CCHILD CARE INVESTIGATIONS
DIVISION 7DUE PROCESS HEARINGS
RULE §707.847What happens after a designated perpetrator makes a request for a due process hearing?

(a) After you request a due process hearing, the Texas Health and Human Services (HHSC) Legal Services Division will ask the State Office of Administrative Hearings to appoint an administrative law judge to conduct a hearing to make a final decision regarding the finding of abuse, neglect, or exploitation.

(b) After the State Office of Administrative Hearings assigns a docket number to your case:

  (1) The HHSC Legal Services Division will send you a notice of the hearing by regular and certified mail to your last known address as shown by our records; or

  (2) If the Docket Clerk has received written notice of representation from an attorney who will be representing you at the hearing, the HHSC Legal Services Division will send the notice of the hearing to the attorney in a manner allowed under the rules referenced in §707.849 in this division (relating to How is a due process hearing conducted?).

(c) You are responsible for providing the Docket Clerk with written notification of any change in your address that occurs after you have requested a due process hearing.


Source Note: The provisions of this §707.847 adopted to be effective July 15, 2020, 45 TexReg 4780

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