| (a) You must provide foster parents with a written
copy of the following statement that lists the rights and responsibilities
of foster parents and the child-placing agency:
(1) Foster parents have the right to be treated with
dignity, respect, and consideration as a member of the service planning
team;
(2) Foster parents have the right and responsibility
to participate in service planning and implementation of the service
plan;
(3) Foster parents have the right and responsibility
to obtain training that will assist them in meeting the needs of children
placed in their home;
(4) The child-placing agency has a responsibility to
assist foster parents in identifying training that will enhance the
foster parents ability to meet the needs of children placed in their
home;
(5) Foster parents and the child-placing agency have
the responsibility to communicate with each other in a timely and
effective manner;
(6) Foster parents have the right to be reimbursed
for care of the children placed in their home in a timely manner and
according to the child-placing agency's policy;
(7) The child-placing agency has the responsibility
to provide relevant information about a child to foster parents when
placing or considering placing the child;
(8) Foster parents have the right and responsibility
to obtain information and ask questions about children the child-placing
agency would like to place in their home, including requesting a pre-placement
visit;
(9) Foster parents have the right to know how much
discretion they have in declining specific placements without fear
of negative repercussions;
(10) The child-placing agency has the responsibility
to provide support to all of their foster parents and inform them
of any services available to foster parents;
(11) Foster parents have the responsibility to report
to the child-placing agency and Licensing information as required
by the child-placing agency's policies and this chapter;
(12) Foster parents have the right to appeal child-placing
agency actions and decisions that affect them and to know the procedures
for making an appeal;
(13) Foster parents have the responsibility to comply
with this chapter as applicable;
(14) The child-placing agency has the responsibility
to provide foster parents with support, training, and oversight in
order to ensure the foster parents are in compliance, as applicable,
with this chapter; and
(15) Foster parents have the right to review their
foster home record maintained by the child-placing agency.
(b) You and the foster parents must sign a copy of
the statement at the time you verify the home.
(c) The foster home must have a copy of the signed
statement.
(d) You must file a copy of the signed statement in
the foster home record maintained by the child-placing agency.
(e) At the time you verify the home, you must also
provide foster parents with a written copy of your policies relating
to §749.121 of this title (relating to What policies must I develop
concerning the rights and responsibilities of the child-placing agency
and the foster parents?).
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §749.2488 adopted to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7522; 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 |
