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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 749MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
SUBCHAPTER HFOSTER CARE SERVICES: ADMISSION AND PLACEMENT
DIVISION 5FOSTER CARE PLACEMENT
RULE §749.1253What must staff do to prepare a child for a placement?
(a) The child-placement staff must discuss with the child the circumstances that make the placement necessary, as appropriate to the child's age and ability to respond orally and behaviorally to such a discussion. The discussion must take place prior to or at the time of the placement of a child.

(b) You must document into the child's record:

  (1) That the discussion occurred; and

  (2) The child's understanding of and response to the discussions and the placement.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.1253 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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