April 4, 2014
9:00 a.m.

John H. Winters Building Public Hearing Room, 125-E
701 West 51st Street
Austin, Texas 78751

  1. Call to Order
  2. Reading, Correction, and Approval of Minutes of January 17, 2014, regular meeting*
  3. Agency Briefings
    1. Internal Audit Division (Annick Barton, Director)
    2. Harris County Project (Lisa Black and CJ Broussard-White, CPS; Luanne Southern, Casey Family Programs)
    3. Commissioner's Report to include: Administrative Announcements and Acknowledgements, Legislative Update, Sunset Review, Regional Visits and Notification of Rule Adoptions (John Specia)
    4. Chair's Report (Tina Martin)
  4. Public Testimony
  5. New Business
    1. Recommendation to propose rule changes in 40 TAC Chapter 749, Minimum Standards for Child Placing Agencies, relating to foster home screenings and verifications, and the supervision of foster homes* (Jean Shaw, CCL)
    2. Recommendation to propose new rule 40 TAC §700.211 concerning Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Access to CPS Case File* (Debra Emerson, CPS)
    3. Recommendation to propose rule changes in 40 TAC Chapter 700, Subchapter B,  concerning Confidentiality of CPS Records* (Phoebe Knauer, Legal)
    4. Recommendation to propose rule changes in 40 TAC Chapter 745, Subchapter F,  concerning Background Check Requirements for DFPS employees and volunteers who are also subject to Licensing background-check requirements* (John Adamo and Doug Barnes, Legal)
  6. Old Business
    1. Recommendation to adopt rule changes regarding Day-Care and Residential Child-Care Minimum Standards* (Jean Shaw, CCL)
  7. Adjourn *

* Denotes Action Item