Md. Code Regs. 07.02.21.08

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 26, December 27, 2024

Section 07.02.21.08 - Post-Acceptance Responsibilities

A. The provider agency shall:

(1) Within 30 calendar days of a child's acceptance into the program, develop a treatment plan in conjunction with the local department;

(2) Convene a team, including but not limited to the local department of social services, treatment parents, and therapist to evaluate each child's treatment plan at intervals not to exceed 3 months;

(3) Visit the treatment foster parents at least twice a month;

(4) Provide a child access to medical care;

(5) Have face-to-face contact with a child at a minimum of twice a month;

(6) Provide services to the biological family of a treatment foster care child as required in the permanency and treatment plans;

(7) Attend foster care review board hearings and court hearings;

(8) Provide advance information to the local department on changes affecting services to a child which could result in revisions to the treatment plan, such as changes in placement, placement location, or visitation plans;

(9) Provide the local department every 3 months with a written progress report on the treatment plan;

(10) Provide the treatment foster parents all medical and psychological information necessary for the care of a child;

(11) Provide treatment foster parents access to both planned and crisis respite care of their treatment foster children; and

(12) Maintain a written preservice and in-service training curriculum specific to the population serviced.

B. The local department shall:

(1) Within 30 calendar days of the child's acceptance into the provider agency, develop a permanency plan in conjunction with the provider agency;

(2) Inform the foster care review board and the court of a child's placement with the provider agency and the name of the child's case manager;

(3) Review with a child's case manager the progress report required in §A(9) of this regulation;

(4) Meet with a child and the child's biological family every 6 months in consultation with the child's case manager to update the treatment plan; and

(5) Attend foster care review board hearings and court hearings.

Md. Code Regs. 07.02.21.08