40 Tex. Admin. Code § 2.266 - Process for Admission of an Adult or a Minor Who Has Been Committed to a State MR Facility Under the PMRA
(a) If
a court orders an individual committed to a state MR facility, the MRA will
coordinate the compilation of an application packet for submission to the state
MR facility serving the individual's county of residence.
(b) The MRA must retain a copy of the
application packet, as described in §
2.265(g) of this
subchapter (relating to MRA Referral of an Applicant to a State MR Facility)
and send the original application packet to the admission coordinator of the
state MR facility.
(c) DADS will
determine when a vacancy exists in a state MR facility and which individuals
are appropriate to fill the vacancy, based on the information in the
application packets.
(d) Upon
notification from DADS that an appropriate vacancy in a state MR facility is
available, the MRA will contact the LAR or family of each individual identified
by DADS as appropriate to fill the vacancy and will:
(1) determine whether the LAR or family of
the individual is still seeking admission of the individual to a state MR
facility under the commitment;
(2)
determine whether the individual would accept the proposed admission to the
state MR facility; and
(3) update
the information in the individual's application packet, including ensuring that
the assessments reflect the individual's current level of
functioning.
(e) The
state MR facility will offer admission under the commitment order to one of
those individuals identified by DADS as appropriate to fill the vacancy and who
the MRA has determined would accept the proposed admission to the state MR
facility.
(f) If the applicant or
the applicant's LAR accepts the proposed admission, the MRA must request
enrollment of the applicant in the ICF/MR Program as described in §9.244
of this title (relating to Applicant Enrollment in the ICF/MR Program), if
appropriate.
(g) If the applicant
or LAR has accepted the proposed admission, and the MRA has filed for
commitment, but the commitment order has not been completed, the MRA may
petition the court for an order of protective custody.
(h) The MRA shall coordinate the following
with the state MR facility's admission coordinator:
(1) transportation arrangements for the
individual on the day of the admission;
(2) arrangements for the individual's LAR to
be present at the state MR facility when the individual is admitted, or if the
individual does not have an LAR, for the individual's family members or other
actively involved persons to be present; and
(3) the exchange of essential information
training necessary to familiarize staff at the state MR facility with the needs
of the individual.
(i)
If the LAR or family of the individual no longer wishes to pursue admission of
the individual to a state MR facility under the commitment order, the MRA will
notify the court in writing.
Notes
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