Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 26	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 748	MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS
SUBCHAPTER G	CHILD/CAREGIVER RATIOS
RULE §748.1021	When does a child who is in a transitional living program not need supervision?

(a) The child must be 16 years old or older.

(b) You must evaluate each child in a transitional living program to determine whether the child needs supervision. The evaluation must:

(1) Include a written plan defining the periods of time the child may be left unsupervised;

(2) Include a written plan for addressing behavioral problems that a child may have while in the transitional living program; and

(3) Identify how the child may contact the caregivers when caregivers are not physically present with the child, such as being available to the child by telephone or other means of contact.

(d) You must document the evaluation of the child and the approval in the child's record. You must review and update the evaluation during the child's service planning meetings.

Source Note: The provisions of this §748.1021 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7377; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 10393; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909