(a) You must provide written notification to your Licensing
Representative:
(1) As soon as possible, but at least 30 days before
you:
(A) Change the legal structure of your agency or your
governing body, if applicable;
(B) Move your agency to another location as required
in §745.435 of this title (relating to What must I do if I relocate
my operation after I receive my license or certification?);
(C) Open a branch office; or
(D) Change your agency's or a branch office's hours
of operation;
(2) As soon as possible, but at least 15 days before
you:
(A) Make changes to the plans required in §749.101(3)
and (4) of this subchapter (relating to What plans must I submit for
Licensing's approval as part of the application process?); or
(B) Make changes to the policies and procedures required
in §749.103(b) of this subchapter (relating to What policies
and procedures must I submit for Licensing's approval as part of the
application process?);
(3) As soon as possible, but no later than two days
after:
(A) You change your child-placing agency administrator,
or your child-placing agency administrator position becomes vacant;
(B) A new individual becomes a controlling person at
your child-placing agency;
(C) An individual ceases to be a controlling person
at your child-placing agency; or
(D) There is a significant change in the information
we maintain about a controlling person, such as a name change or mailing
address change; and
(4) About a foster home's verification status as described
in §749.2489 of this chapter (relating to What information must
I submit to Licensing about a foster home's verification status?).
(b) You must report to the Texas Abuse and Neglect
Hotline as soon as you become aware of any foster or adoptive placements
that appear to have been made by someone other than the child's parents
or a child-placing agency.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §749.153 adopted 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 November 23, 2022, 47 TexReg 7728; amended to be effective October 19, 2023, 48 TexReg 5980 |