(a) Purpose. The purpose of this rule is to ensure that youth experiencing a psychiatric crisis receive immediate emergency care.
(b) Placement Criteria. A youth may be placed in a hospital or stabilization unit to prevent imminent, serious harm to self or others due to behavior stemming from an apparent psychiatric crisis.
(c) Placement Options.
  (1) The Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) refers youth who meet criteria to the following emergency placements:
    (A) TJJD crisis stabilization unit (see §380.8767 of this title); or
    (B) private hospital for emergency psychiatric care, if the TJJJD crisis stabilization unit is not available.
  (2) If a youth is placed in a private hospital, TJJD staff seek copies of evaluations performed by the hospital, forward all reports to the TJJD crisis stabilization unit, and submit a referral packet to the stabilization unit as soon as possible.
  (3) An extension past seven days in a private psychiatric hospital must be approved by the division director over treatment services.
  (4) A youth may remain in a private hospital only until he/she is sufficiently stabilized to allow safe movement to a TJJD crisis stabilization unit, as determined by the hospital physician.

Source Note: The provisions of this §380.8771 adopted to be effective December 31, 1996, 21 TexReg 11963; amended to be effective February 20, 1998, 23 TexReg 1114; transferred effective June 4, 2012, as published in the Texas Register June 22, 2012, 37 TexReg 4639; amended to be effective December 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 9257