| (a) Administration of the uniform assessment. The uniform
assessment must be administered face-to-face or via telemedicine with
the individual and the LAR (if applicable) or primary caregiver as
clinically appropriate according to the child's or adolescent's age,
functioning, and current living situation.
(b) Age and developmentally appropriate mental health
community services. All mental health community services delivered
to children and adolescents by a provider must be, for each child
and adolescent, age-appropriate, developmentally appropriate, and
consistent with academic development.
(c) Separation of individuals by age. A provider that
delivers mental health community services to children and adolescents
in group settings (e.g., residential, day programs, group therapy,
partial hospitalization, and inpatient) must separate children and
adolescents from adults. The provider must further separate children
from adolescents according to age and developmental needs, unless
there is a clinical or developmental justification in the medical
record.
(d) Transition to mental health community services
for adults. The provider must develop a transition plan for each adolescent
who will need mental health community services for adults. The transition
plan must be developed in consultation with the adolescent (and LAR
if applicable) and future providers with adequate time to allow both
current and future providers to transition the adolescent into adult
services without a disruption in services. The transition plan must
include:
(1) a summary of the mental health community services
and treatment the adolescent received as a child and adolescent;
(2) the adolescent's current status (e.g., diagnosis,
medications, uniform assessment guideline calculation, and unmet needs);
(3) information from the adolescent and the LAR regarding
the adolescent's strengths, preferences for mental health community
services, and responsiveness to past interventions;
(4) a description of the mental health community services
the adolescent will receive as an adult;
(5) a list of resources for other recovery supports
such as volunteer opportunities, family or peer organizations, 12-step
programs, churches, colleges, or community education;
(6) documentation that the adolescent's services continued
throughout the transition without disruptions; and
(7) documentation of the follow up to ensure successful
transition to adult services.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §301.357 adopted to be effective April 29, 2009, 34 TexReg 2603; transferred effective March 15, 2020, as published in the February 21, 2020 issue of the Texas Register, 45 TexReg 1237 |
