Section 306.315 - Medication Training and Support Services(a) Description. Medication training and support services consist of education and guidance about medications and their possible side effects. The department has reviewed and approved the use of the materials that are available on the department's internet site at: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mhsa/patient-family-ed/ and other materials which have been formally reviewed and approved by the department, to assist an individual in: (1) understanding the nature of an adult's serious mental illness or a child's or adolescent's SED;(2) understanding the concepts of recovery and resilience within the context of the serious mental illness;(3) understanding the role of the individual's prescribed medications in reducing symptoms and increasing or maintaining the individual's functioning;(4) identifying and managing the individual's symptoms and potential side effects of the individual's medication;(5) learning the contraindications of the individual's medication;(6) understanding the overdose precautions of the individual's medication; and(7) learning self-administration of the individual's medication.(b) Conditions. (1) Medication training and support services may be provided to:(B) an eligible child or adolescent; or(C) the LAR or primary caregiver of an eligible adult, child, or adolescent.(2) Medication training and support services provided to an adult may be provided: (3) Medication training and support services provided to a child or adolescent may be provided: (4) Medication training and support services provided to an LAR or primary caregiver may be provided: (B) in a group, except that the adult, child or adolescent may also be present.(5) Medication training and support services may be provided:(6) Medication training and support services provided to an adult or LAR must be provided by: (D) a licensed medical staff member.(7) Medication training and support services provided to a child, adolescent, LAR, or primary caregiver must be provided by:(D) a licensed medical staff member.(8) Medication training and support services may not be provided to an individual who is currently admitted to a CSU.(c) Frequency and duration. The provision of medication training and support services must be in accordance with the amount and duration for which the provider has obtained authorization in accordance with § 306.311 of this title (relating to Service Authorization and Recovery Plan).26 Tex. Admin. Code § 306.315
Adopted to be effective January 22, 2014, 39 TexReg 299; Transferred from Title 25, § 416.8 by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 08, February 21, 2020, TexReg 1239, eff. 3/15/2020