Parents have the right to:

1. (1) have persons represent them when applying for child care;
2. (2) notification of their eligibility to receive child care within 20 days from the day the Board's contractor receives all necessary documentation required to determine eligibility for child care;
3. (3) receive child care regardless of race, color, national origin, age, sex, disability, political beliefs, or religion;
4. (4) have the Board and the Board's contractor treat as confidential information that is used to determine eligibility for child care; and

5. (5) written notification by the Board's contractor at least 15 days before the denial, delay, reduction, or termination of child care unless the following exceptions apply:

   1. (A) Notification of denial, delay, reduction, or termination in child care is not required when child care is authorized to cease immediately because either the parent is no longer participating in the Choices program; or child care is authorized to end immediately for children in protective services child care.
   2. (B) The Choices program participants and children in protective services child care are notified, of denial, delay, reduction, or termination of child care and the effective date of such actions by the Choices case worker or the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.

Source Note:The provisions of this §809.72 adopted to be effective February 11, 1999, 24 TexReg 800.