(a) Description. Medication training and support services
consist of education and guidance about medications and their possible
side effects. The department has reviewed and approved the use of
the materials that are available on the department's internet site
at: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mhsa/patient-family-ed/ and other
materials which have been formally reviewed and approved by the department,
to assist an individual in:
(1) understanding the nature of an adult's serious
mental illness or a child's or adolescent's SED;
(2) understanding the concepts of recovery and resilience
within the context of the serious mental illness;
(3) understanding the role of the individual's prescribed
medications in reducing symptoms and increasing or maintaining the
individual's functioning;
(4) identifying and managing the individual's symptoms
and potential side effects of the individual's medication;
(5) learning the contraindications of the individual's
medication;
(6) understanding the overdose precautions of the individual's
medication; and
(7) learning self-administration of the individual's
medication.
(b) Conditions.
(1) Medication training and support services may be
provided to:
(A) an eligible adult;
(B) an eligible child or adolescent; or
(C) the LAR or primary caregiver of an eligible adult,
child, or adolescent.
(2) Medication training and support services provided
to an adult may be provided:
(A) individually; or
(B) in a group.
(3) Medication training and support services provided
to a child or adolescent may be provided:
(A) individually; or
(B) in a group.
(4) Medication training and support services provided
to an LAR or primary caregiver may be provided:
(A) individually; or
(B) in a group, except that the adult, child or adolescent
may also be present.
(5) Medication training and support services may be
provided:
(A) on site; or
(B) in vivo.
(6) Medication training and support services provided
to an adult or LAR must be provided by:
(A) a QMHP-CS;
(B) a CSSP;
(C) a peer provider; or
(D) a licensed medical staff member.
(7) Medication training and support services provided
to a child, adolescent, LAR, or primary caregiver must be provided
by:
(A) a QMHP-CS;
(B) a CSSP;
(C) a CFP; or
(D) a licensed medical staff member.
(8) Medication training and support services may not
be provided to an individual who is currently admitted to a CSU.
(c) Frequency and duration. The provision of medication
training and support services must be in accordance with the amount
and duration for which the provider has obtained authorization in
accordance with §416.6 of this title (relating to Service Authorization
and Recovery Plan).
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Source Note: The provisions of this §306.315 adopted to be effective January 22, 2014, 39 TexReg 299; transferred effective March 15, 2020, as published in the February 21, 2020 issue of the Texas Register, 45 TexReg 1239 |