Section 749.136 - What suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy must I have?(a) A child-placing agency that is licensed or certified to provide only foster care services or to provide both foster care services and adoption services must adopt either: (1) The model suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy in §749.137 of this division (relating to What is the model suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy?); or(2) Another suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy that is approved by the Executive Commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission or designee and:(A) Addresses suicide prevention, intervention, and prevention for children in the care of your agency;(B) Is based on current and best evidence-based practices;(C) Requires employees to receive annual suicide prevention training that includes understanding of safety planning and screening for risk;(D) Requires foster parents in homes verified to care for children five years of age or older to complete at least one hour of suicide prevention training: (i) Within a year of being verified; and(ii) every two years thereafter;(E) Promotes suicide prevention training for non-employees, as appropriate; and(F) Includes plans and procedures to support children who return to your agency's care following hospitalization for a mental health condition.(b) The suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy adopted under subsection (a) of this section may be part of a broader mental health crisis plan if the components of the plan include suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention.26 Tex. Admin. Code § 749.136
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 36, September 9, 2022, TexReg 5491, eff. 9/19/2022