SECTION 27.21. Case Manager Qualifications

An individual shall not be approved to provide Case Management for Children and Pregnant Women unless they meet the following qualifications:

(1) licensed in the State of Texas as a registered nurse (with a bachelor or advanced degree in nursing), whose license is not temporary or provisional in nature; or

(2) licensed in the State of Texas as a registered nurse (with an associate degree in nursing), whose license is not temporary or provisional in nature. The individual must also possess two years of cumulative paid full-time work experience or two years of supervised, full-time educational internship/practicum experience in the past ten years with children, up to age 21, and/or pregnant women. Experience must include assessing the psychosocial and health needs of and making community referrals for these populations; or

(3) licensed in the State of Texas as a social worker with licensure appropriate for his/her practice, including the practice of Independent Social Work, and whose license is not temporary or provisional in nature; and

(4) has completed the department's standardized case management training.

Source Note: The provisions of this §27.21 adopted to be effective June 30, 2013, 38 TexReg 3985