The Basic Service Level consists of a supportive setting, preferably in a family that is designed to maintain or improve the child's functioning including:
  (1) routine guidance and supervision to ensure the child's safety and sense of security;
  (2) affection, reassurance, and involvement in activities appropriate to the child's age and development to promote the child's well-being;
  (3) contact, in a manner that is deemed in the best interest of the child, with siblings, family members and other persons significant to the child to maintain a sense of identity and culture; and
  (4) provision of services to help the child keep, learn or improve skills and functioning for daily living, as well as therapeutic and medical intervention and guidance from professionals or para-professionals, on an as needed basis, to help the child maintain functioning appropriate to the child's age and development.

Source Note: The provisions of this §700.2301 adopted to be effective March 1, 2004, 29 TexReg 1416; amended to be effective October 15, 2015, 40 TexReg 7105