Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 26	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 550	LICENSING STANDARDS FOR PRESCRIBED PEDIATRIC EXTENDED CARE CENTERS
SUBCHAPTER C	GENERAL PROVISIONS
DIVISION 4	GENERAL SERVICES
RULE §550.505	Social Services

(a) A center must ensure the provision of social services 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 social services are provided in a center, the services must be overseen by a social worker or RN.

(1) actively participates in the coordination of a minor's care, in accordance with accepted standards of practice; and

(2) participates in ongoing interdisciplinary comprehensive assessments, developing and evaluating the plan of care.

(d) The center must ensure that a minor's parent receives assistance in finding referrals to appropriate local community resources and is provided assistance to enhance coping skills in the parent's care of a minor.

Source Note: The provisions of this §550.505 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