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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 749 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
SUBCHAPTER C - ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
SECTION/RULE §749.136 - What suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy must I have?
Chapter Review Date 06/19/2024

(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.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.136 adopted to be effective September 19, 2022, 47 TexReg 5490.

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