Texas Human Resources Code

§ 117.091 — DIRECT SERVICES PROGRAM CASEWORKER GUIDELINES

HR § 117.091Title 7. REHABILITATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES · Ch. 117. DEPARTMENT OF ASSISTIVE AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES · Art. D-1. ADMINISTRATION OF DIRECT SERVICES PROGRAMS IN GENERAL

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(a)The department shall use program data and best practices to establish and maintain guidelines that provide direction for caseworkers' decisions in all of the department's direct services programs. The guidelines:

(1)must categorize direct services program cases based on the types of services provided and, for each category, include provisions addressing:

(A)the recommended length of time a case in that category should last; and

(B)the recommended total expenditures for a case in that category;

(2)must include provisions for creating intermediate goals for a client receiving services through a direct services program that will allow:

(A)the caseworker to monitor the client's progress; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 775 (H.B. 2463), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.