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, § 550.206 of this subchapter (relating to Person-Centered Direction and Guidance) and § 550.207 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 § 550.206 of this chapter; and(4) using restraints in accordance with § 550.207 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 § 550.206 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.26 Tex. Admin. Code § 550.504
The provisions of this §550.504 adopted to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 6569; Transferred from Title 40, Chapter 15 by Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 15, April 12, 2019, TexReg 1875, eff. 5/1/2019