26 Tex. Admin. Code § 301.357 - Additional Standards of Care Specific to Mental Health Community Services for Children and Adolescents
(a) Administration
of the uniform assessment. The uniform assessment must be administered
face-to-face or via telemedicine with the individual and the LAR (if
applicable) or primary caregiver as clinically appropriate according to the
child's or adolescent's age, functioning, and current living
situation.
(b) Age and
developmentally appropriate mental health community services. All mental health
community services delivered to children and adolescents by a provider must be,
for each child and adolescent, age-appropriate, developmentally appropriate,
and consistent with academic development.
(c) Separation of individuals by age. A
provider that delivers mental health community services to children and
adolescents in group settings (e.g., residential, day programs, group therapy,
partial hospitalization, and inpatient) must separate children and adolescents
from adults. The provider must further separate children from adolescents
according to age and developmental needs, unless there is a clinical or
developmental justification in the medical record.
(d) Transition to mental health community
services for adults. The provider must develop a transition plan for each
adolescent who will need mental health community services for adults. The
transition plan must be developed in consultation with the adolescent (and LAR
if applicable) and future providers with adequate time to allow both current
and future providers to transition the adolescent into adult services without a
disruption in services. The transition plan must include:
(1) a summary of the mental health community
services and treatment the adolescent received as a child and
adolescent;
(2) the adolescent's
current status (e.g., diagnosis, medications, uniform assessment guideline
calculation, and unmet needs);
(3)
information from the adolescent and the LAR regarding the adolescent's
strengths, preferences for mental health community services, and responsiveness
to past interventions;
(4) a
description of the mental health community services the adolescent will receive
as an adult;
(5) a list of
resources for other recovery supports such as volunteer opportunities, family
or peer organizations, 12-step programs, churches, colleges, or community
education;
(6) documentation that
the adolescent's services continued throughout the transition without
disruptions; and
(7) documentation
of the follow up to ensure successful transition to adult services.
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