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TITLE 40SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
PART 19DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
CHAPTER 700CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER JASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR RELATIVES AND OTHER CAREGIVERS
DIVISION 2PERMANENCY CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
RULE §700.1035Do the same standards apply to relatives of a child who apply to become a foster parent as any other person who applies to become a foster parent?

Title IV-E of the federal Social Security Act requires that a state's child-care licensing agency apply the same standards to relatives who choose to become a foster parent as it applies to non-relatives, with the exception that the child-care licensing agency may, on a case-by-case basis, waive a non-safety related standard with respect to a relative child in care.


Source Note: The provisions of this §700.1035 adopted to be effective March 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 878

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