SECTION 700.2341. What is the description of the Specialized Service Level?

(a) The Specialized Service Level consists of a treatment setting, preferably in a family in which caregivers have specialized training to provide services to help the child keep, learn or improve skills and functioning for daily living, as well as therapeutic and medical support and interventions including:

(1) 24-hour supervision to ensure the child's safety and sense of security, which includes close monitoring and increased limit setting;

(2) affection, reassurance, and involvement in therapeutic activities appropriate to the child's age and development to promote the child's well-being;

(3) contact, in a manner that is deemed in the best interest of the child, with siblings, family members and other persons significant to the child to maintain a sense of identity and culture; and

(4) provision of services to help the child keep, learn or improve skills and functioning for daily living, as well as therapeutic and medical intervention and guidance that is regularly scheduled and professionally designed and supervised to help the child attain functioning appropriate to the child's age and development.

(b) In addition to the description in subsection (a) of this section, a child with primary medical needs or who requires services to help the child keep, learn or improve skills and functioning for daily living may require regular interventions from a caregiver who has demonstrated competence.

Source Note: The provisions of this §700.2341 adopted to be effective March 1, 2004, 29 TexReg 1416; amended to be effective October 15, 2015, 40 TexReg 7105