Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 277 - Contracting to Provide Primary Home Care
Subchapter D - SERVICE DELIVERY PLAN DEVELOPMENT
Section 277.49 - Interdisciplinary Team
Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code ยง 277.49
Current through Reg. 49, No. 52; December 27, 2024
(a) Interdisciplinary Team (IDT). The IDT is a designated group that includes the following people who meet when the provider identifies the need to discuss service delivery issues or barriers to service delivery:
(1) the individual or the individual's
representative, or both;
(2) a
provider representative; and
(3) an
HHSC representative, who may be:
(A) the case
worker or designee;
(B) the case
worker's supervisor or designee ;
(C) the contract manager or designee;
or
(D) the regional nurse or
designee.
(b) Convening an IDT meeting.
(1) The provider
must convene an IDT meeting:
(A) within three
working days of the date the provider suspends services to an individual under
§
47.71(a)(7) or
(b) of this chapter (relating to
Suspensions); or
(B) within seven
working days of the date the provider identifies an issue that prevents the
provider from carrying out a requirement of the PHC Program, CAS Program, or FC
Program.
(2) A provider
must make and document a good faith effort to include all members of the IDT
described in subsection (a) of this section.
(3) If the provider is unable to convene an
IDT meeting with all the members described in subsection (a) of this section,
the provider must convene the IDT meeting with the available members and send
the documentation of the IDT meeting described in subsection (e) of this
section to the Regional Director for the HHSC region in which the individual
resides. The documentation must be sent within five working days after the date
of the IDT meeting.
(c) IDT meeting.
(1) The IDT meeting may be
conducted by telephone or in person.
(2) The IDT must:
(A) evaluate the issue;
(B) identify any solutions to resolve the
issue; and
(C) make recommendations
to the provider.
(d) IDT meeting outcome. The provider must do one of the following within two working days after the IDT meeting:
(1) implement the recommendations of the IDT;
or
(2) discharge the individual
from the provider and refer the individual to the case worker for referral to
another provider.
(e) Documentation of the IDT meeting. The provider must document the IDT meeting in the individual's file, including the:
(1)
specific reasons for calling the IDT meeting;
(2) participants in the IDT
meeting;
(3) recommendations of the
IDT;
(4) action as a result of the
IDT recommendations; and
(5)
reasons for the provider's actions.
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