Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 350 - EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION SERVICES
Subchapter L - TRANSITION
Section 350.1207 - Transition Planning

Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code § 350.1207

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

(a) Transition planning is a process for developing and updating appropriate transition steps and transition services:

(1) jointly with families; and

(2) based on recommendations from the IFSP team.

(b) All transition activities must be documented in the child's record.

(c) The IFSP must contain an appropriate general transition statement.

(d) The subrecipient must conduct an IFSP meeting, which includes the parent, in accordance with 34 CFR § 303.342(d) and (e) and § 303.343(a), to plan and document transition steps and transition services.

(1) Except as provided in subsections (f) and (g) of this section, the meeting to plan and document transition steps and transition services must be conducted:
(A) no less than 90 days before the child's third birthday; and

(B) not more than nine months before the child's third birthday.

(2) If the child is referred and determined to be eligible for ECI services more than 45 but less than 90 days before the child's third birthday, transition steps and transition services must be included in the child's initial IFSP.

(3) If transition planning occurs at a periodic review instead of an initial or annual IFSP meeting, the meeting must meet the requirements in 34 CFR § 303.342(d) and (e) and § 303.343(a).

(4) The appropriate transition steps and transition services that the IFSP team plans at the meeting must be documented in the IFSP and must include:
(A) timelines and responsible party for each transition activity;

(B) discussions with and training of parents, as appropriate, regarding future placements and other matters related to the child's transition;

(C) procedures to prepare the child for changes in service delivery, including steps to help the child adjust to and function in a new setting;

(D) the family's choice for the child to transition into a community or educational program or for the child to remain in the home;

(E) identification of transition steps and transition services, as determined by the IFSP team, to support the family's exit from ECI services to ECSE or other community services, activities, places, or programs the family would like the child to participate in after exiting ECI services;

(F) confirmation that the transition notification, which requires child find information to be sent to the LEA has occurred;

(G) program options, if the child is potentially eligible for ECSE services, for the period from the child's third birthday through the remainder of the school year; and

(H) for children who are likely to be eligible for long-term services and supports, information on Texas Medicaid waiver programs for people with disabilities or special health care needs, including information on how to add children to the waiver interest lists.

(e) The child's planned transition steps and transition services must be updated and documented in the IFSP anytime the:

(1) IFSP team identifies new transition steps and transition services; and

(2) parent's goals for the child evolve and change.

(f) At any time during the child's enrollment in ECI services, the IFSP team must, upon parental request, meet to plan steps to support the child and family to transition:

(1) from one subrecipient to another subrecipient;

(2) from one family setting to another family setting; or

(3) when the family is moving out of state.

(g) If the child is referred fewer than 45 days before the child's third birthday, the IFSP team is not required to plan transition steps and transition services. If the child is potentially eligible for ECSE services, the subrecipient must, with written parental consent, refer the child directly to the LEA as soon as possible.

(h) The subrecipient must comply with all requirements in Subchapter B of this chapter (relating to Procedural Safeguards and Due Process Procedures).

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