Texas Human Resources Code
§ 42.0535 — REQUIRED INFORMATION FOR VERIFICATION
HR § 42.0535Title 2. HUMAN SERVICES AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES IN GENERAL · Part D. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES · Ch. 42. REGULATION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES, HOMES, AND AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE CHILD-CARE SERVICES · Art. C. REGULATION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES, HOMES, AND AGENCIES
Statute text
View on source(a)A child-placing agency that seeks to verify an agency foster home shall request background information about the agency foster home from a child-placing agency that has previously verified the home as an agency foster home or agency foster group home.
(b)Notwithstanding Section 261.201, Family Code, a child-placing agency that has verified an agency foster home or an agency foster group home is required to release to another child-placing agency background information requested under Subsection (a).
(c)A child-placing agency that releases background information under this section is immune from civil and criminal liability for the release of the information.
(d)For purposes of this section, background information means the home study under which the agency foster home or agency foster group home was verified by the previous child-placing agency and any record of noncompliance with state minimum standards received and the resolution of any such noncompliance by the previous child-placing agency.
(e)The executive commissioner by rule shall develop a process by which a child-placing agency shall report to the department:
(1)the name of any agency foster home that has been closed for any reason, including a voluntary closure;
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Legislative history
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1406 (S.B. 758), Sec. 36, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.230, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 317 (H.B. 7), Sec. 63, eff. September 1, 2017.