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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 550 - LICENSING STANDARDS FOR PRESCRIBED PEDIATRIC EXTENDED CARE CENTERS
SUBCHAPTER C - GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION/RULE §550.505 - Social Services

Chapter Review Date (a) A center must ensure the provision of social services based on the needs of a minor, in accordance with a minor's plan of care and as ordered by a minor's prescribing physician.(b) If social services are provided in a center, the services must be overseen by a social worker or RN.(c) The center must ensure that an individual providing social services in a center:(1) actively participates in the coordination of a minor's care, in accordance with accepted standards of practice; and(2) participates in ongoing interdisciplinary comprehensive assessments, developing and evaluating the plan of care.(d) The center must ensure that a minor's parent receives assistance in finding referrals to appropriate local community resources and is provided assistance to enhance coping skills in the parent's care of a minor.

Source Note: The provisions of this §550.505 adopted to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 6569; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1875.

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