Gavvy: Health and Human Services Commission, Rule 749.241 If A Birth Mother Decides Not to Relinquish A Child for Adoption, May I Require Her to Repay My Agency Or the Adoptive Parent for Expenses and Services Incurred?

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Rule 749.241 If A Birth Mother Decides Not to Relinquish A Child for Adoption, May I Require Her to Repay My Agency Or the Adoptive Parent for Expenses and Services Incurred?

(a) No, you may not require a birth mother to repay you for expenses and/or services incurred. (b) You must inform a birth mother of this policy in writing upon establishing any formal relationship between your agency and a birth mother and post it in the agency's offices in a place routinely visible to birth mothers. The written policy provided to the birth mother must be in a language spoken and read by the birth mother. Source Note: The provisions of this §749.241 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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