Section 700.516 - What is Tier I: Sexual Aggression/Sex Offender Treatment Services to Support Community Transition Package?(a) A trauma-informed facility, that in addition to providing a child's basic living needs, has a formal treatment program that specializes in providing and coordinating time-limited services to support the custom needs of children, youth, and young adults who requires structured and frequent on-site, clinical intervention by professionals with experience in serving this population, complex case management, and skilled and well-trained Caregivers to manage day-to-day activities, who present with one or more of the following: (1) Ongoing, socially, and developmentally inappropriate displays of sexualized behavior; or(2) Sexually aggressive behavior; or (3) DSM diagnosis of a sexual behavior disorder; or(4) Adjudication as a sex offender.(b) In addition to the criteria listed above, children, youth, and young adults requiring Tier I: Sexual Aggression/Sex Offender Treatment Services to Support Community Transition Service Package, often present with a DSM diagnosis for an emotional disorder, and two or more of the following (which, if applicable, the General Residential Operation must be equipped to treat based on the custom needs of the child, youth, or young adult): (1) Major self-injurious actions, including a suicide attempt within the last 12 months;(2) Difficulties that present a significant risk of harm to others, including frequent or unpredictable physical aggression; or(3) An additional DSM diagnosis of substance-related and/or addictive disorder with severe impairment.(c) This Service Package is designed to offer temporary, facility-based care, complex care coordination and case management, and therapeutic/skill-building services for youth and young adults based on their individual strengths and needs, and in accordance with their customized Service Plan and permanency goal.(d) The Operation and Direct Care Staff must be Credentialed to provide Tier I: Sexual Aggression/Sex Offender Treatment Services in accordance with the guidelines and requirements as defined by the Department of Family and Protective Services pursuant to Chapter 40 of the Texas Human Resources Code.40 Tex. Admin. Code § 700.516
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 51, December 20, 2024, TexReg 10391, eff. 12/22/2024