Texas Administrative Code › Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION › Chapter 564 - CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY TREATMENT FACILITIES › Subchapter I - TREATMENT PROGRAM SERVICES › Section 564.910 - Treatment Services for Women and Children

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Clients shall receive gender-specific
				  services in female-only specialized programs.
(b) When appropriate, pre-admission service
				  coordination shall be provided to reduce barriers to treatment, enhance
				  motivation, stabilize life situations, and facilitate engagement in
				  treatment.
(c) Services shall
				  address relationship issues, including past or current experience with sexual,
				  physical, and emotional abuse.
(d)
				  Providers shall develop and implement a mechanism to ensure that all direct
				  care staff in programs that treat women and children have the knowledge,
				  skills, and abilities to provide services to women and children, as they relate
				  to the individual's job duties. Providers must be able to demonstrate through
				  documented training, credentials and/or experience that all direct care staff
				  are proficient in areas pertaining to the needs of and provision of services to
				  women and children.
(e) Individuals
				  responsible for the planning and supervision of the program shall participate
				  in at least 15 clock hours of training annually in understanding children,
				  child development, and/or early childhood education.
(f) Clients shall receive access to
				  appropriate primary medical care, including prenatal care and reproductive
				  health education and services.
(g)
				  Pregnant clients, women with children in custody, and women with dependent
				  children shall receive parenting education and support services.
(h) Women and their dependent children shall
				  be treated as a unit, and both the woman and her children will be admitted into
				  treatment when appropriate.
(i)
				  Children shall receive services to address their needs and support healthy
				  development, including primary pediatric care, early childhood intervention
				  services, substance abuse prevention services, and/or other therapeutic
				  interventions.
(j) Facilities
				  housing children shall comply with the provisions of 40 TEX. ADMIN. CODE ch.
				  746 (2003) (relating to Minimum Standards for Child-Care Centers) set forth
				  below:
(1) Subchapter B, Administration and
				  Communication §§746.307(a)(b), 746.405(a)(1)(2)(3) and
				  746.501(6-16)
(2) Subchapter C,
				  Record Keeping, §§746.603(a)(3)-(6), 746.605-627, 746.801(22) and
				  746.901(3)
(3) Subchapter D,
				  Personnel §§746.1105(2) and 746.1303(2)(3)
(4) Subchapter E, Child/Caregiver Ratios and
				  Group Sizes §§746.1501-2117
(5) Subchapter G, Basic Care Requirements for
				  Children with Special Care Needs §746.2301
(6) Subchapter H, Basic Care Requirements for
				  Infants §§746.2401-2429
(7) Subchapter I, Basic Care Requirements for
				  Toddlers §§746.2501-2509
(8) Subchapter J, Basic Care Requirements for
				  Pre-Kindergarten Age Children §§746.2601-2607
(9) Subchapter K, Basic Care Requirements for
				  School-age Children §§746.2701-2707
(10) Subchapter L, Discipline and Guidance
				  §§746.2801-2813
(11)
				  Subchapter N, Field Trips §746.3001(1)(8)
(12) Subchapter Q, Nutrition and Food Service
				  §§746.3301, 746.3307 and 746.3311
(13) Subchapter R, Health Practices
				  §§746.3407, 746.3423, 746.3501 and 746.3503
(14) Subchapter S, Safety Practices
				  §§746.3701, 746.3709 and 746.3901-4101
(15) Subchapter T, Physical Facilities
				  §§746.4201, 746.4217, 746.4301, 746.4305-4309, 746.4419-4501,
				  746.4505 and 746.4509
(16)
				  Subchapter U, Outdoor Safety and Play Equipment
				  §§746.4601-4913
(17)
				  Subchapter V, Swimming Pools and Wading/Splashing Pools
				  §§746.5001-5015