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(a) The designated LMHA or LBHA must:(1) contact an individual following discharge or furlough from a state hospital or CPB; (2) implement the individual's recovery or treatment plan within seven days after discharge in accordance with this section; and(3) ensure the successful transition of the individual determined by the state hospital or CPB to be medically appropriate for discharge in accordance with Texas Health and Safety Code §534.0535. (b) LMHA or LBHA contact after discharge or furlough. (1) The designated LMHA or LBHA must contact an individual in person or using audiovisual technology within seven days after discharge or furlough of an individual who is: (A) discharged or on furlough from a state hospital or CPB and referred to the LMHA or LBHA for services or supports as indicated in the recovery or treatment plan; (B) discharged from an LMHA or LBHA-network provider of inpatient services and referred to the LMHA or LBHA for services or supports as indicated in the recovery or treatment plan; (C) discharged from an alternate provider of inpatient services and receiving LMHA or LBHA services from the designated LMHA or LBHA at the time of admission and who, upon discharge, is referred to the LMHA or LBHA for services or supports as indicated in the recovery or treatment plan; (D) discharged from the LMHA's or LBHA's crisis stabilization unit or any overnight crisis facility and referred to the LMHA or LBHA for services or supports as indicated in the discharge plan; or (E) an offender with special needs discharged from a state hospital or CPB returning to jail. (2) During the contact required by paragraph (1)(A) of this paragraph, the designated LMHA or LBHA must: (A) reassess the individual; (B) ensure the provision of the services and supports specified in the individual's recovery or treatment plan by making the services and supports available and accessible as determined by the individual's level of care; and (C) assist the individual in accessing the services and supports specified in the individual's recovery or treatment plan. (3) The designated LMHA or LBHA must develop or review an individual's recovery or treatment plan in accordance with §301.353(e) of this title (relating to Provider Responsibilities for Treatment Planning and Service Authorization) and consider treatment recommendations in the state hospital's or CPB's discharge plan within ten business days after the contact required by paragraph (1)(A) of this paragraph. (4) The designated LMHA or LBHA must make a good faith effort to contact an individual as required by paragraph (1)(A) of this paragraph. If the designated LMHA or LBHA does not have the required contact with the individual, the LMHA or LBHA must document the attempts made and reasons the contact did not occur in the individual's record. (c) For an individual whose recovery or treatment plan identifies the designated LMHA or LBHA as responsible for providing or paying for the individual's psychoactive medications, the designated LMHA or LBHA must ensure: (1) the provision of psychoactive medications for the individual; and (2) the individual has an appointment with a physician or designee authorized by state law to prescribe medication before the earlier of the following events: (A) the individual's supply of psychoactive medication from the state hospital or CPB has been depleted; or (B) the 15th day after the individual is on furlough or discharged from the state hospital or CPB. (d) The designated LMHA or LBHA must document in an individual's record the LMHA's or LBHA's activities described in this section, and the individual's responses to those activities.