(a) For reasonable and necessary living expenses, you may provide cash payments to birth mothers to cover the cost of day-to-day routine purchases, such as food, household supplies, personal hygiene or grooming items, and gasoline or public transportation if your policies:      
        (1) State when and for what purpose you can make cash payments to a birth mother;       
        (2) Establish a maximum amount per category, per time period, based on the current rates in the community in which the care is provided; and       
        (3) Require you to obtain documentation from a birth mother acknowledging receipt of the payments.       
      (b) Each cash disbursement may cover a period of up to one month.     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §749.239 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