Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart
1.
Generally.
Treatment foster care serves children and youth whose special
needs would place them at risk of placement in more restrictive residential
settings such as hospitals, psychiatric centers, correctional facilities, or
residential treatment programs.
Subp.
2.
Admission.
Admission to a treatment foster care home must meet the
requirements of items A and B.
A.
Admission to a treatment foster care program is based on the recommendation of
a licensed professional who is qualified to direct treatment and is familiar
with the child's individual needs. The recommendation must be based on a
diagnostic evaluation and recognize the reasons the child is at risk for
placement in more restrictive residential settings. The recommendation must
identify behavioral concerns to be addressed in a treatment plan.
B. Upon admission to a treatment foster care
placement, a treatment team must be established for the child. Members of the
treatment team are parents, treatment foster parents, county case manager,
licensed professional directing treatment, treatment foster care social worker,
and other persons identified by the team who are needed to develop and execute
a comprehensive treatment plan.
Subp.
3.
Treatment.
The child's treatment plan must be developed within ten days
of admission and meet the requirements in items A to D.
A. The treatment goals in the treatment plan
must address the child's needs as determined by a licensed professional
directing treatment. The treatment plan must be consistent with the placement
plans in Minnesota Statutes, section
260C.212,
subdivisions 1 and 2, the case plan in Minnesota Statutes, section
260B.198,
subdivision 5, or service plan in Minnesota Statutes, section
256B.092.
The child's treatment goals must be measurable and identify desired treatment
outcomes. Treatment foster parents shall document daily observations of the
desired treatment outcomes.
B. The
treatment plan must identify treatment strategies to be used with the child by
the treatment foster parents.
C.
The plan must identify specific supports and services the treatment foster
parents will use with the child. Substitute and respite care services must be
addressed in the plan.
D. The
treatment team must develop the treatment plan and meet the requirements in
subitems (1) to (3).
(1) The treatment foster
care social worker shall lead the development and documentation of the
treatment plan.
(2) The treatment
plan must be reviewed and evaluated every 30 days by the treatment foster
parent and the treatment foster care social worker.
(3) The treatment team must reassess the
treatment plan every 90 days. The treatment team must report the child's
progress in attaining treatment goals and update the treatment goals as
appropriate. A licensed professional directing the treatment, who must be
familiar with the child's individual needs, must review the child's treatment
plan and consider the child's progress toward meeting treatment goals, and
provide recommendations about the treatment plan to the treatment
team.
Subp.
4.
Discharge.
The treatment plan must define outcomes and goals that the
child needs to meet for discharge from treatment foster care. The unplanned
discharge of a child must follow part
2960.3080, subpart 11. If an
unplanned discharge is by the request of the treatment foster parents, the
treatment foster care licensing agency shall document the review and evaluation
of the treatment foster parent's skills to determine if the treatment foster
parents had the appropriate skills to care for the discharged child.
Statutory Authority:
L
1995 c 226 art 3
s
60; MS s
241.021;
245A.03;
245A.09
