Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 259 - COMMUNITY LIVING ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES (CLASS) PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY FIRST CHOICE (CFC) SERVICES
Subchapter H - ADDITIONAL DSA REQUIREMENTS
Section 259.360 - Providing Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech and Language Pathology as a Telehealth Service

Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code ยง 259.360

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

(a) Except as described in subsection (c) of this section, a service provider of physical therapy, occupational therapy, or speech and language pathology may provide physical therapy, occupational therapy, or speech and language pathology to an individual as a telehealth service.

(b) If a service provider of physical therapy, occupational therapy, or speech and language pathology provides physical therapy, occupational therapy, or speech and language pathology to an individual as a telehealth service, a DSA must ensure that the service provider:

(1) uses a synchronous audio-visual platform to interact with the individual, supplemented with or without asynchronous store and forward technology;

(2) does not use an audio-only platform to provide the service; and

(3) before providing the telehealth service:
(A) obtains the written informed consent of the individual or LAR to provide the service; or

(B) obtains the individual or LAR's oral consent to receive the telehealth service and document's the oral consent in the individual's record.

(c) A DSA must ensure that a service provider of physical therapy, occupational therapy, or speech and language pathology performs certain services in person, as required by the Texas Medicaid Provider Procedures Manual. Such services must include:

(1) a service that requires a physical agent modality or hands-on therapy, such as a paraffin bath, aquatic therapy, manual therapy, massage, and ultrasound;

(2) orthotic management and training, initial encounter and subsequent encounters;

(3) prosthetic management or training for an upper or lower extremity, initial encounter and subsequent encounters;

(4) a wheelchair assessment and training; and

(5) a complex rehabilitation technology assessment.

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