(a) A center's RN must conduct and document a specific initial comprehensive assessment that identifies the minor's medical, nursing, psychosocial, therapeutic, nutritional, dietary, functional abilities, educational, and developmental needs and the adult minor's or minor's parent's training needs.
(b) The initial comprehensive assessment must include the minor's discharge planning, including transition support, self-advocacy guidance, and coordination of services required by the minor and the minor's parent.
(c) The initial comprehensive assessment must be conducted in consultation with a minor's parent and the minor, if the minor is an adult minor.
(d) An RN must complete an initial comprehensive assessment no earlier than three business days before the minor is admitted to the center.
(e) An RN must conduct, in consultation with a minor's parent or the adult minor, a comprehensive assessment of the minor at least once every 180 days after admitting the minor into the center. An RN must conduct a new comprehensive assessment on the minor when the minor has a change of condition or the minor's needs change.
(f) The updated comprehensive assessment described in subsection (e) of this section must:
  (1) identify a minor's ongoing medical, nursing, psychosocial, therapeutic, nutritional, dietary, functional, educational, and developmental needs and the adult minor's and a minor's parent's training needs; and
  (2) include a minor's discharge planning, detailing transition support, if needed, self-advocacy guidance, and coordination with the minor's parent or the adult minor.

Source Note: The provisions of this §550.605 adopted to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 6569; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1875