| (a) You must make reasonable efforts to inform the
adoptive parents and/or an adult adoptee, in writing, about supplemental
medical, psychological, or psychiatric information, including developing
genetic conditions, terminal illnesses, or death of a birth parent,
that subsequently comes to your attention. You must document the information
provided, the date and method of providing the information, and the
names of the persons receiving the information.
(b) When an adoptive placement is made, you must tell
older adopted children and adoptive parents that you will communicate
the information in subsection (a) of this section to them provided
that they keep you informed of their whereabouts. You must document
when you gave this information to the child and to adoptive parents.
(c) When you receive information on the identified
topic, you must, at a minimum:
(1) Write the adoptive parents and/or adult adoptee
at the last known address;
(2) If the letter is returned to you as undeliverable,
check the telephone directory or Internet search for the city where
the adoptive parents and/or adult adoptee were last known to be living;
(3) If this action does not locate the adoptive parents
and/or adult adoptee, check the record for contact information on
family members or others who may have knowledge of the adoptive parents
and/or adult adoptee's whereabouts and attempt to contact these persons
and obtain forwarding information; and
(4) Document your attempts to locate the adoptive parents
and/or adult adoptee.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §749.3463 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 |
