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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 749MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
SUBCHAPTER SADOPTION SERVICES: ADOPTIVE PARENTS
DIVISION 2ADOPTIVE HOME SCREENING
RULE §749.3631What are the requirements if adoptive applicants previously adopted a child from another child-placing agency or were previously foster parents for another agency?

(a) You must request information related to the parents' experience and performance as foster and/or adoptive parents from the previous agency and any background information regarding the foster home as described in §749.2447(22) of this title (relating to What information must I obtain for the foster home screening?).

(b) If provided, you must evaluate the information as part of your screening and placement decisions regarding the home. You must use the information to evaluate the family's ability to work with specific kinds of behaviors and backgrounds.


Source Note: The provisions of this §749.3631 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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