26 Tex. Admin. Code § 350.1004 - Individualized Family Service Plan Development
(a) The IFSP team must develop a written
initial IFSP no more than 45 days after the date the subrecipient receives a
referral on a child unless the child or parent is unavailable due to
exceptional family circumstances documented in the child's record. The IFSP
must be:
(1) completed during a face-to-face
meeting with a family in accordance with
20 USC §
1436 and
34 CFR §§
303.340-
303.346; and
(2) developed based on evaluation and
assessment of a child as described in
34 CFR §
303.321 and Subchapter H of this chapter
(relating to Eligibility, Evaluation, and Assessment).
(b) An IFSP must address the developmental
needs of the child and the case management needs of the family as identified in
the comprehensive needs assessment, unless the family declines to address a
specified need.
(c) A subrecipient
must provide a parent with a copy of the IFSP and maintain the original IFSP in
the child's record.
(d) A
subrecipient must deliver ECI services according to the IFSP.
(e) An IFSP team must conduct a periodic
review of the IFSP at least every six months in accordance with
34 CFR §
303.342.
(f) If a child was younger than 21 months of
age on the date of the previous initial or annual IFSP meeting, an IFSP meeting
must be conducted at least annually to evaluate and revise, as appropriate, the
IFSP for a child and the child's family in accordance with
34 CFR §
303.342. The meeting may be conducted by a
method other than face-to-face if:
(1)
approved by the parent;
(2) the
subrecipient has a plan approved by HHSC for conducting annual IFSP meetings by
a method other than face-to-face when appropriate for the child and family;
and
(3) the subrecipient documents
how the LPHA's observations and conclusions of the re-evaluation of the child
were communicated and incorporated into the IFSP.
(g) If a child was 21 months of age or older
on the date of the previous initial or annual IFSP, the IFSP team must conduct
a periodic review that meets the requirements in §
350.1017 of this subchapter
(relating to Periodic Reviews).
(h)
Documentation in the child's record must reflect compliance with related state
and federal requirements.
(i) The
subrecipient must comply with all requirements in Subchapter B of this chapter
(relating to Procedural Safeguards and Due Process Procedures) during the IFSP
process.
Notes
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