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 H	FOSTER CARE SERVICES: ADMISSION AND PLACEMENT
DIVISION 4	EMERGENCY ADMISSION
RULE §749.1183	What constitutes an emergency admission to my child-placing agency?

It is an emergency admission if:

(1) You must place the child within 72 hours;

(2) The child was removed from a situation involving alleged abuse or neglect;

(3) The child is an alleged perpetrator of abuse and cannot be served in the child's current placement due to the child's perpetrating behaviors;

(4) The child displays behavior that is an immediate danger to self or to others and cannot function or be served in his current setting;

(5) The child was abandoned and, after exercising reasonable efforts, the child's identity cannot be immediately determined. You must document the efforts made to obtain information on the child's identity in the child's record;

(6) The child was removed from the child's home or placement, and there is an immediate need to find a residence for the child;

(7) A law enforcement officer released the child to your child-placing agency that has been authorized to accept such admissions; or

(8) The child is otherwise without adult care.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.1183 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 9944; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended to be effective July 29, 2018, 43 TexReg 4463