Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 350 - EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION SERVICES
Subchapter J - INDIVIDUALIZED FAMILY SERVICE PLAN (IFSP)
Section 350.1015 - Content of the Individualized Family Service Plan

Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code § 350.1015

Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025

(a) The IFSP team must develop a written IFSP containing all requirements in 20 USC § 1436(d) and 34 CFR § 303.344. The IFSP must include the IFSP services pages and all of the required elements designated by HHSC ECI, including:

(1) a description of the child's present levels of development, including:
(A) information about the child's participation in the family's typical routines and activities;

(B) the child's strengths;

(C) the child's developmental needs;

(D) the family's concerns and priorities; and

(E) the child's functional abilities identified with codes for establishing the child outcome ratings, described in § 350.1307 of this chapter (relating to Child Outcomes);

(2) a description of the case management needs of the family;

(3) measurable goals that address:
(A) the child's and family's needs that were identified during pre-enrollment, evaluation, and assessment;

(B) the child's functional developmental skills by describing targeted participation in everyday family and community routines and activities; and

(C) when the IFSP goal is achieved and the action or skill is generalized;

(4) services to:
(A) address the goals in the IFSP;

(B) enhance the child's functional abilities, behaviors, and participation in daily routines; and

(C) strengthen the capacity of the family to meet the child's unique needs;

(5) the discipline of each provider for every service planned; and

(6) the name of the service coordinator.

(b) IFSP services must be monitored by the IFSP team to assess child progress as described in § 350.1017 of this subchapter (relating to Periodic Reviews).

(c) If the IFSP team determines co-visits are necessary to meet the developmental needs of the child, the IFSP team must:

(1) list each service on the IFSP; and

(2) document in the IFSP a justification of how the child and family will receive greater benefit from the services being provided at the same time.

(d) If providing services with the participation of the routine caregiver in the absence of the parent is necessary, the IFSP team must follow the requirements in § 350.1016 of this subchapter (relating to Planning for Services to be Delivered with the Routine Caregiver).

(e) If the IFSP team determines group services are necessary to meet the developmental needs of the child:

(1) the group services must be planned in an IFSP that also contains individual IFSP services; and

(2) the planned group services must be documented in the child's IFSP.

(f) If the IFSP team determines that an IFSP goal cannot be achieved satisfactorily in a natural environment, the IFSP must contain a justification as to why an early childhood intervention service will be provided in a setting other than a natural environment, as determined appropriate by the parent and the rest of the IFSP team.

(g) The contents of the IFSP must be fully explained to the parent.

(h) The subrecipient must obtain the parent's signature on the IFSP services pages. The parent's signature on the IFSP services pages serve as written parental consent to provide the ECI services in the IFSP.

(1) The written parental consent is valid for up to one year or until the IFSP team changes the type, intensity, or frequency of services.

(2) The subrecipient must not provide ECI services in the IFSP without current written parental consent.

(i) The subrecipient must obtain the dated signatures of every member of the IFSP team on the IFSP services pages. The IFSP must be signed by the LPHA on the team to acknowledge the planned services are reasonable and necessary.

(j) The subrecipient must provide the parent a copy of the signed IFSP.

(k) Any time the subrecipient assigns a new service coordinator, the following must be documented and attached to the IFSP:

(1) the name of the new service coordinator;

(2) the date of the change; and

(3) the date the family was notified of the change and the method of notification.

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