An individual shall not be approved to provide Case Management
for Children and Pregnant Women unless they meet the following qualifications:
(1) licensed in the State of Texas as a registered
nurse (with a bachelor or advanced degree in nursing), whose license
is not temporary or provisional in nature; or
(2) licensed in the State of Texas as a registered
nurse (with an associate degree in nursing), whose license is not
temporary or provisional in nature. The individual must also possess
two years of cumulative paid full-time work experience or two years
of supervised, full-time educational internship/practicum experience
in the past ten years with children, up to age 21, and/or pregnant
women. Experience must include assessing the psychosocial and health
needs of and making community referrals for these populations; or
(3) licensed in the State of Texas as a social worker
with licensure appropriate for his/her practice, including the practice
of Independent Social Work, and whose license is not temporary or
provisional in nature; and
(4) has completed the department's standardized case
management training.
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