Texas Administrative Code › Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION › Chapter 321 - SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES › Subchapter B - INTERVENTION › Section 321.55 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and phrases when used in this
					 subchapter shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly
					 indicates otherwise.
(1) Behavioral
				  health services--Services that consist of mental health services and services
				  for the prevention, intervention, and treatment of substance abuse.
(2) Brief interventions--Practices designed
				  to initiate resolution of a problem and motivate a person receiving services
				  from a program provider to begin to do something about his or her substance
				  abuse. Brief interventions are described in "Brief Interventions and Brief
				  Therapies for Substance Abuse" (Treatment Improvement Protocol 34), published
				  by the United States Department of Health and Human Services Center for
				  Substance Abuse Treatment.
(3) Case
				  management--Services that assist and support persons receiving services from a
				  program provider in developing skills to gain access to and obtain services
				  from needed medical, social, educational and other service providers essential
				  to meeting basic human needs. This function consists of assessment of needs,
				  appropriate referrals, follow-up on referrals, and a plan of action with clear
				  goals.
(4) Colonias--A residential
				  area along the Texas-Mexico border that lacks basic living needs, such as
				  potable water and sewer systems, electricity, paved roads, and safe and
				  sanitary housing. Colonias, while frequently found in unincorporated areas of
				  the counties, are also found within city limits.
(5) Contract--A written agreement between the
				  department and a program provider providing intervention services.
(6) Department--The Department of State
				  Health Services.
(7) Indicated
				  target population--Indicated services include youth who are showing early
				  warning signs of substance use, such as experimenting, or abuse and/or
				  exhibiting other problem behaviors. This service targets youth in difficult
				  situations resulting in problem behaviors that, if not addressed, may lead to
				  substance use or abuse.
(8)
				  Outreach--The provision of health- and substance abuse-related information,
				  activities, and services to a specified group that has traditionally been
				  underserved. Outreach is a strategy for taking services and activities where
				  the group resides and works.
(9)
				  Program provider--A person or entity that contracts with the department to
				  provide substance abuse intervention services.
(10) Referral--The process of identifying
				  appropriate services and providing the information and assistance needed to
				  obtain access to them.
(11) Rural
				  border--The area that extends 62 miles north of the Texas-Mexico border and
				  encompasses 32 counties as described in the United States-Mexico La Paz
				  agreement of 1983.
(12)
				  Screening--The process through which the program provider, person receiving
				  services from the program provider, and available family determine the most
				  appropriate initial course of action given the needs and characteristics of the
				  person receiving services from the program provider and the available resources
				  within the community. Screening includes determining whether a person receiving
				  services from a program provider is appropriate and eligible for admission to a
				  particular treatment service type.
(13) Selective target population--The target
				  population for selective prevention services is those individuals whose risk of
				  developing a substance use or abuse disorder is significantly higher than
				  average. These services target individuals or subgroups of the general
				  population who are determined to be at risk for substance abuse, such as
				  children of substance abusers.
(14)
				  Service coordination--Administrative, clinical, and evaluative activities that
				  bring the person receiving services from the program provider, treatment
				  services, community agencies, and other resources together to focus on issues
				  and needs identified in the plan for treatment of the person receiving
				  services. Service coordination, which includes case management and advocacy for
				  the person receiving services, establishes a framework of action for the person
				  receiving services to achieve specified goals. It involves collaboration with
				  the person receiving services, and family and/or significant others;
				  coordination of treatment and referral services, liaison activities with
				  community resources and managed care systems, advocacy for the person receiving
				  services, and ongoing evaluation of treatment progress and needs of the person
				  receiving services.
(15) State of
				  Texas required training program--The State of Texas required training program
				  on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody testing and counseling which is
				  used as a tool to guide the discussion with a person receiving services from a
				  program provider about his/her risk(s) as it relates to HIV, sexually
				  transmitted disease (STD), hepatitis C virus (HCV), his/her most recent risk,
				  and the development of incremental steps to reduce the person's risk for
				  acquiring or transmitting HIV/STD/HCV. This State of Texas training program is
				  required for all program providers performing HIV testing/counseling.