(a) A LIDDA must ensure:
  (1) a habilitation coordinator completes the following training before providing habilitation coordination:
    (A) training that addresses:
      (i) appropriate LIDDA policies, procedures, and standards;
      (ii) this chapter, other HHSC rules relating to the provision of specialized services, and other HHSC rules affecting the LIDDA;
      (iii) HHSC's IDD PASRR Handbook;
      (iv) developing and implementing an HSP;
      (v) conducting assessments, service planning, coordination, and monitoring;
      (vi) providing crisis prevention and management;
      (vii) community support services;
      (viii) presenting community living options using HHSC-developed materials and forms, and offering educational opportunities and informational activities about community living options;
      (ix) arranging visits to community providers;
      (x) accessing specialized services for a designated resident;
      (xi) the rights of an individual with an ID, including the right to live in the least restrictive setting appropriate to the person's individual needs and abilities and in a variety of living situations, as described in the Persons with an Intellectual Disability Act, Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 592 and in an HHSC-developed rights handbook; and
      (xii) advocacy for individuals with ID or DD;
    (B) the HHSC computer-based training, "An Overview of the PASRR Process;" and
    (C) additional trainings designated by HHSC through the IDD-PASRR Handbook, broadcasts, or other communications;
  (2) a habilitation coordinator completes HHSC approved computer-based person-centered planning and practices training within the first 60 days of performing habilitation coordination duties;
  (3) a habilitation coordinator completes all HHSC instructor-led training related to PASRR habilitation coordination within the first 60 days of performing habilitation coordination duties;
  (4) a supervisor, team lead, or quality monitoring staff person who has successfully completed the trainings in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection reviews and signs off on work completed by a habilitation coordinator until the habilitation coordinator completes the trainings required in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection; and
  (5) a habilitation coordinator completes person-centered thinking training approved by HHSC within the first year of performing habilitation coordination duties.
(b) A LIDDA must:
  (1) ensure a habilitation coordinator demonstrates competency in providing habilitation coordination; and
  (2) maintain documentation of the training received by habilitation coordinators.

Source Note: The provisions of this §303.502 adopted to be effective July 7, 2019, 44 TexReg 3265; amended to be effective September 1, 2021, 46 TexReg 5419; amended to be effective April 15, 2024, 49 TexReg 2287