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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 350EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER DCASE MANAGEMENT FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
RULE §350.411Assignment of Service Coordinator

(a) Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) case management services must be provided by service coordinators who meet the educational, training, and work experience requirements, commensurate with their job responsibilities, as specified in Subchapter C of this chapter (relating to Staff Qualifications).

(b) The ECI contractor is responsible for:

  (1) assigning one service coordinator for each eligible child and the child's family according to the following:

    (A) an initial service coordinator must be assigned at the time of referral; and

    (B) a new service coordinator may be assigned at the time the IFSP is developed or the original service coordinator may be retained, if appropriate;

  (2) ensuring that the service coordinator assigned by the ECI contractor has a combination of education, training, and work experience relevant to the child's needs; and

  (3) appointing a new service coordinator if requested by the parent.


Source Note: The provisions of this §350.411 adopted to be effective September 1, 2009, 34 TexReg 5575; amended to be effective September 1, 2011, 36 TexReg 5403; amended to be effective June 30, 2019, 44 TexReg 3280; transferred effective March 1, 2021, as published in the Texas Register February 5, 2021, 46 TexReg 941

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