(a) Child placement staff providing foster care services are responsible for:
  (1) Deciding whether to admit a child for placement, including completion of an admission assessment and any other evaluation of a child for placement;
  (2) Placing a child into a foster home or other substitute living arrangement;
  (3) Managing the case of a child, including:
    (A) Developing and updating of service plans;
    (B) Maintaining direct contact with the child and the foster parents or other caregivers; and
    (C) Performing any additional case management activities, including conducting and documenting supervisory visits for compliance with §749.2815 of this title (relating to How often must I have supervisory visits with the foster home and what must be evaluated during a supervisory visit?);
  (4) Orientation, assessment, and verification of foster parents; and
  (5) Monitoring and providing support services to foster parents, including the initiation of development plans, corrective actions, or adverse actions.
(b) Child placement staff providing adoption services are responsible for:
  (1) Deciding whether to admit a child for placement;
  (2) Placing a child into a foster home, adoptive home, or other substitute living arrangement;
  (3) Managing the case of a child, including:
    (A) Developing and updating of service plans;
    (B) Maintaining direct contact with the child and the foster parents, adoptive parents, or other caregivers; and
    (C) Performing any additional case management activities;
  (4) Case management and service delivery to birth parents; and
  (5) Orientation, assessment, and approval of adoptive parents.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.663 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7522; amended 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