Texas Administrative Code
Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES
Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 33 - EARLY AND PERIODIC SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT
Subchapter E - MEDICAL CHECK-UPS
Section 33.60 - Medical Check-Ups

Universal Citation: 25 TX Admin Code ยง 33.60

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) Clients are entitled to receive a comprehensive medical check-up for the early detection of health problems and the referral for definitive diagnosis and treatment when indicated by the check-up.

(b) Following are the federally-mandated components of a THSteps comprehensive medical check-up:

(1) comprehensive health and developmental history, including physical and mental health and development;

(2) comprehensive unclothed physical examination;

(3) immunizations appropriate for age and health history;

(4) laboratory tests appropriate to age and risk, including lead toxicity screening; and

(5) health education, including anticipatory guidance.

(c) THSteps providers may be required to perform additional services or screening during a medical check-up, as described in the TMPPM.

(d) THSteps providers may conduct mental health screenings, using one or more validated, standardized mental health screening tools, during each annual medical check-up for clients who are at least 12 years of age but younger than 19 years of age. THSteps providers are reimbursed for conducting one such screening annually.

(e) THSteps providers may conduct maternal depression screenings for a client's mother, regardless of whether the mother is also a client, that are performed before the client's first birthday during a client's covered medical check-up. THSteps providers are reimbursed for conducting one such screening.

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