(a) A center must ensure the provision of psychosocial
treatment based on the needs of a minor, in accordance with a minor's
plan of care and as ordered by a minor's prescribing physician.
(b) If psychosocial treatment and services are provided
at the center, the center must ensure that the provision of psychosocial
treatment and services complies with the requirements of this section, §550.206
of this subchapter (relating to Person-Centered Direction and Guidance)
and §550.207 of this subchapter (relating to Protective Devices
and Restraints) as applicable to a minor's plan of care and physician's
order.
(c) The center must ensure psychosocial treatments
and services provided at a center are overseen by a physician, RN,
or psychologist.
(d) If psychosocial treatments and services are provided
in a center, the center must adopt and enforce written policies and
procedures relating to the provision of psychosocial treatments to
a minor, including:
(1) ensuring the development of interventions to foster
normal development;
(2) ensuring the development of interventions to foster
psychosocial adaptations;
(3) using person-centered direction and guidance in
accordance with §550.206 of this chapter; and
(4) using restraints in accordance with §550.207
of this subchapter.
(e) If psychosocial treatments are provided in a center,
the center must ensure the initial health assessment of a minor receiving
psychosocial treatments includes:
(1) mental status including psychological and behavioral
status;
(2) sensory and motor function;
(3) cranial nerve function;
(4) language function; and
(5) any other criteria established by a center's policy.
(f) The center must ensure that an individual providing
psychosocial treatment and services in a center:
(1) actively participates in the coordination of a
minor's care, in accordance with accepted standards of practice;
(2) participates in ongoing interdisciplinary comprehensive
assessments and developing and evaluating the plan of care;
(3) participate as a committee member in the continuous
review of the center's person-centered direction and guidance program
in accordance with §550.206 of this subchapter;
(4) provides assistance to a minor's family with the
effects of chronic illness and supporting effective relationships
within a family; and
(5) develops interventions to foster normal development
and psychosocial adaptation.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §550.504 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; amended to be effective October 16, 2024, 49 TexReg 7929 |