Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 749 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
Subchapter C - ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
Division 1 - PLANS AND POLICIES REQUIRED DURING THE APPLICATION PROCESS
Section 749.136 - What suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy must I have?
Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code § 749.136
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) A child-placing agency that is licensed or certified to provide only foster care services or to provide both foster care services and adoption services must adopt either:
(1) The model suicide prevention,
intervention, and postvention policy in §749.137 of this division
(relating to What is the model suicide prevention, intervention, and
postvention policy?); or
(2)
Another suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy that is
approved by the Executive Commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services
Commission or designee and:
(A) Addresses
suicide prevention, intervention, and prevention for children in the care of
your agency;
(B) Is based on
current and best evidence-based practices;
(C) Requires employees to receive annual
suicide prevention training that includes understanding of safety planning and
screening for risk;
(D) Requires
foster parents in homes verified to care for children five years of age or
older to complete at least one hour of suicide prevention training:
(i) Within a year of being verified;
and
(ii) every two years
thereafter;
(E) Promotes
suicide prevention training for non-employees, as appropriate; and
(F) Includes plans and procedures to support
children who return to your agency's care following hospitalization for a
mental health condition.
(b) The suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy adopted under subsection (a) of this section may be part of a broader mental health crisis plan if the components of the plan include suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention.
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