SECTION 303.703. Requirements for Service Coordinators Conducting Transition Planning

(a) A LIDDA must ensure that a service coordinator complies with 40 TAC Chapter 2, Subchapter L (relating to Service Coordination for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability), including documenting in the transition plan the frequency and duration of service coordination while the designated resident is in the NF.

(b) A LIDDA must ensure:

(1) a service coordinator who conducts transition planning completes the following training before providing service coordination for a designated resident:

(A) training that addresses:

(i) this chapter;

(ii) HHSC's IDD PASRR Handbook;

(iii) the role of a relocation specialist and MCO service coordinator for a NF resident who wants to transition to the community;

(iv) services available through Texas Medicaid State Plan and all home and community-based services programs for individuals with ID or DD, including but not limited to, access to nursing, durable medical equipment and supplies, and transition assistance supports;

(v) developing and implementing a transition plan for a designated resident;

(vi) an overview of community living options, educational opportunities, and informational activities about community living options; and

(vii) the rights of an individual with ID, including the right to live in the least restrictive setting appropriate to the person's individual needs and abilities and in a variety of living situations, as described in the Persons with an Intellectual Disability Act, Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 592 and an HHSC-developed rights handbook;

(B) the HHSC computer-based training, "An Overview of the PASRR Process;" and

(C) additional trainings designated by HHSC;

(2) a service coordinator who conducts transition planning completes the following training within the first 60 days of performing service coordination duties:

(A) person-centered thinking training; and

(B) all HHSC-developed training related to PASRR service coordination for transition planning; and

(3) a supervisor, team lead, or quality monitoring staff person who has successfully completed the trainings in paragraph (2) of this subsection reviews and signs off on work completed by a service coordinator until the service coordinator completes the trainings required in paragraph (2) of this subsection.

(c) A LIDDA must:

(1) ensure a service coordinator who conducts transition planning demonstrates competency in conducting transition planning; and

(2) maintain documentation of the training received by service coordinators who conduct transition planning.

Source Note: The provisions of this §303.703 adopted to be effective July 7, 2019, 44 TexReg 3265; amended to be effective September 1, 2021, 46 TexReg 5419