| (a) You must involve at least the following persons
in planning the child’s non-emergency discharge or transfer:
(1) At least one of the child’s current caregivers;
and
(2) At least one professional service provider involved
in the child’s service planning.
(b) You must invite the following persons to participate
in planning the child’s non-emergency discharge or transfer,
if appropriate:
(1) The child;
(2) The child’s parent(s); and
(3) Any other person pertinent to the child’s
care.
(c) If you are unable to plan the transfer or discharge
with the persons required in subsections (a) and (b) of this section,
you must document in the child’s record the reason why.
(d) If a child in your care is not receiving treatment
services, you must inform the child of the non-emergency discharge
or transfer at least four days prior to the date of the discharge
or transfer, unless your licensed child-placing agency administrator
or child placement management staff has clear justification for not
giving the child such notice. The licensed child-placing agency administrator
or child placement management staff who determines the justification
for the child not having the advance notice of the discharge or transfer,
must put the justification in writing and sign and date it. The justification
must be in the child’s record.
(e) If a child in your care is receiving treatment
services, you must inform the child of the non-emergency discharge
or transfer at least four days prior to the date of the discharge
or transfer, unless your treatment director, three members of the
child’s service planning team, or the child’s psychiatrist
or psychologist has a justification for not giving the child such
notice. Whoever determines the justification for the child not having
the advance notice of the discharge or transfer must put the justification
in writing and sign and date it. The justification must be in the
child’s record.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §749.1363 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 9944; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909 |
