SECTION 550.504. Psychosocial Treatment and Services

(a) A center must ensure the provision of psychosocial treatment based on the needs of a minor, in accordance with a minor's plan of care and as ordered by a minor's physician.

(b) If psychosocial treatment and services are provided at the center, the center must ensure that the provision of psychosocial treatment and services complies with the requirements of this section, §15.206 of this subchapter (relating to Person-Centered Direction and Guidance) and §15.207 of this subchapter (relating to Restraints) as applicable to a minor's plan of care and physician's order.

(c) The center must ensure psychosocial treatments and services provided at a center are overseen by a physician, RN or psychologist.

(d) If psychosocial treatments and services are provided in a center, the center must adopt and enforce written policies and procedures relating to the provision of psychosocial treatments to a minor, including:

(1) ensuring the development of interventions to foster normal development;

(2) ensuring the development of interventions to foster psychosocial adaptations;

(3) using person-centered direction and guidance in accordance with §15.206 of this chapter; and

(4) using restraints in accordance with §15.207 of this subchapter.

(e) If psychosocial treatments are provided in a center, the center must ensure the initial health assessment of a minor receiving psychosocial treatments includes:

(1) mental status including psychological and behavioral status;

(2) sensory and motor function;

(3) cranial nerve function;

(4) language function; and

(5) any other criteria established by a center's policy.

(f) The center must ensure that an individual providing psychosocial treatment and services in a center:

(1) actively participates in the coordination of a minor's care, in accordance with accepted standards of practice;

(2) participates in ongoing interdisciplinary comprehensive assessments and developing and evaluating the plan of care;

(3) participate as a committee member in the continuous review of the center's person-centered direction and guidance program in accordance with §15.206 of this subchapter;

(4) provides assistance to a minor's family with the effects of chronic illness and supporting effective relationships within a family; and

(5) develops interventions to foster normal development and psychosocial adaptation.

Source Note: The provisions of this §550.504 adopted to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 6569; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1875