(a) The commission shall designate an individual, including a member of a community-based organization, to serve as a volunteer advocate for a child residing in an institution to assist in developing a permanency plan for the child if:
(1) the child's parent or guardian requests the assistance of an advocate;
(2) the institution in which the child is placed cannot locate the child's parent or guardian; or
(3) the child resides in an institution the commission operates.
(b) The individual designated to serve as the child's volunteer advocate may be:
(1) an individual the child's parent or guardian selects, except that the individual may not be employed by or under a contract with the institution in which the child resides;
(2) an adult relative of the child; or
(3) a child advocacy group representative.
(c) The commission shall provide to each individual designated to serve as a child's volunteer advocate information regarding permanency planning under this subchapter.