You must develop policies clearly stating the rights and responsibilities of the child-placing agency and foster parents. The policies must specify:
  (1) What decisions you will make, what decisions the foster parents will make, and which ones you and the foster parents must agree upon. This policy must support normalcy consistent with Subchapter M, Division 7 of this chapter (relating to Normalcy);
  (2) For training requirements for foster parents:
    (A) What part you will provide;
    (B) What part the foster parents must acquire on their own; and
    (C) A statement about who will be responsible for training fees, travel expenses, and associated child-care costs;
  (3) How you and the foster parents will communicate with each other;
  (4) The amount of reimbursement you will provide the foster parents and when the foster parents will receive it;
  (5) The type of relevant information and pre-placement contact you will provide, so the foster parents can make an informed decision about a placement;
  (6) How much discretion the foster parents have in accepting or declining specific placements;
  (7) The type and amount of support and services that are available to foster parents, including what support and services you will provide for babysitting, overnight care, and respite child-care services;
  (8) The type of information that the foster parents must report to you and within what time frames;
  (9) The foster parents' role in the services to children in care, including expectations for the foster parents' participation in service planning and implementation of the service plan;
  (10) The foster parents' right to appeal your actions and decisions that affect them and the procedures for making an appeal;
  (11) The responsibilities of the child-placing agency and the foster parents for complying with the rules of this chapter; and
  (12) How foster parents may review their child-placing agency home record.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.121 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