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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 748MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS
SUBCHAPTER VADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATIONS THAT PROVIDE TRAFFICKING VICTIM SERVICES
DIVISION 6ADMISSION AND SERVICE PLANNING
RULE §748.4757What behavioral health assessments are required when I admit a child for trafficking victim services?

(a) Within 30 days of admission, you must ensure that a child receiving trafficking victim services is assessed for the following:

  (1) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD);

  (2) Depression; and

  (3) Anxiety.

(b) The results of all assessments must be documented in the child's record.

(c) Each individual behavioral health assessment is not required if:

  (1) The child was previously placed at a residential child-care operation regulated by DFPS or a facility operated by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department;

  (2) There was a previous assessment completed within the last 12 months;

  (3) You have documentation of the outcome of the child's assessment; and

  (4) There is no clear indication that the child has developed one of these disorders since the previous assessment.


Source Note: The provisions of this §748.4757 adopted to be effective December 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 9052; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909

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