(a) A center must adopt and enforce written policies
and procedures regarding coordination of services to ensure the effective
exchange of information, reporting, and coordination of a minor's
services:
(1) among all staff providing services on behalf of
a center; and
(2) between the center and a provider of services to
the minor that is not providing services on behalf of the center,
if known by the center.
(b) Documentation in a minor's medical records must
demonstrate coordination of services as described in subsection (a)
of this section.
(c) For a minor receiving services from a provider
that is not providing services on behalf of a center, the center
must:
(1) not duplicate or provide services that conflict
with a minor's care plan or service plan with the provider;
(2) when requested by an adult minor or parent, make
available a minor's records to support the coordination of services
between the center and the provider;
(3) request copies of a minor's records with the provider
to support center care planning activities;
(4) if requested by an adult minor or parent, participate
in planning activities for a minor conducted by the provider;
(5) request that a minor's provider participate as
part of the center's interdisciplinary team and QAPI committee, as
applicable; and
(6) support the coordination of a minor's services
by allowing a minor's provider to serve a minor at the center, if:
(A) the center, a minor's parent, a minor, if the minor
is an adult minor and the provider agree that the provision of services
to a minor by the provider at the center would be appropriate for
the minor; and
(B) the center and the provider establish a written
agreement for the provision of services at the center. The written
agreement must include the provider's compliance with center policies
and this chapter.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §550.802 adopted to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 6569; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1875 |