Statewide Intake
Handbook Revision, May 1, 2017
This revision of the Statewide Intake Policy and Procedures Handbook was published on May 1, 2017. Summaries of new or revised items are provided below.
APS In-Home Policy Changes (PATS 9477)
These edits address the recent policy changes to APS In-Home including changes to the assessment of self-neglect in Assisted Living Facilities and changes to scope and jurisdiction of APS In-Home.
See:
1100 Legal Basis
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1112 Abuse, Neglect, or Exploitation of a Person Age 65 or Older or an Adult With a Disability
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2332.7 Death of a Child in CPS Conservatorship in a Nursing Home A Child’s Death in a Nursing Home
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2712 Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS)
2712.1 Long Term Care Services Regulated by DADS
2712.1 2712.2 DADS Consumer Rights and Services Complaint Intake Unit
2712.2 2712.3 Correspondence Received from DADS
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6000 In-Home Adult Protective Services (APS)
6100 APS In-Home Eligibility Criteria
6110 Definitions of Persons Served
6120 Determination of Eligibility
6121 Substantial Impairment
6122 6123 Disability Payments
6123 6122 Individuals who Automatically Qualify as Substantially Impaired
6124 Chronic Substance Abuse and APS In-Home Eligibility
6200 APS In-Home Perpetrators Definitions of APS Perpetrators
6210 Determining In-Home or Provider Jurisdiction Based on
Payment Source
6220 6210 DADS Guardianship Employee is the Alleged Perpetrator
6230 6220 Children as Perpetrators in an APS Intake
6300 Allegations That APS In-Home Investigates
6310 Physical Abuse (PHAB)
6311 Determining Physical Abuse in APS In-Home Reports
6320 Neglect (PHNG, MDNG, MHNG)
6321 Types of Neglect
6330 Sexual Abuse (SXAB)
6331 Determining Sexual Abuse in APS In-Home Reports
6340 Emotional Abuse (EMAB)
6341 Determining Emotional or Verbal Abuse in APS Reports
6350 Financial Exploitation (EXPL)
6351 Determining Financial Exploitation in APS In-Home Reports
6360 Death Caused by Abuse or Neglect
6400 APS In-Home Priorities
6500 Victims Located in Facilities Licensed or Regulated by
Other DFPS Programs or Other State Agencies
6510 Facility Licensed by Residential Child Care Licensing
(RCCL)
6520 In-Home Investigations in State Operated and Community
Provider Settings
6520 6530 Situations Involving Facilities Regulated by Texas State
Agencies Other Than DFPS
6531 Victim Is in a Temporary Safe Environment
6521 6532 Discharge from a Hospital, Nursing Home, or Hospice Victim Is Being Discharged From a Hospital or Nursing Home
6522 6533 APS Investigations in DADS Adult Foster Homes
6600 APS In-Home Involvement in Other Situations
6610 Request for APS In-Home to Provide Consent for Medical Treatment
6620 Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) or Removal of Life Support
6630 Guardianship
6640 Unlicensed Facilities
6650 Private and Public Schools
6660 Indian Reservations and Military Bases
6670 Reports from the Elder Fraud Abuse Units of Financial
Institutions
6700 Allegations Made by an APS In-Home Client That Are
Frivolous or Patently Without a Factual Basis (Chronic Callers)
6800 Case-Related Special Requests (CRSR)
6810 Types of CRSR Reports for APS In-Home Cases
6900 Documentation and Processing of APS In-Home CRSRs
6910 IMPACT Procedures Specific to APS In-Home
6911 APS In-Home Case Name
6912 APS In-Home Report Person Detail
6913 APS In-Home Person List
6914 APS In-Home Change of County for Case Assignment
6920 APS In-Home Call Out and Assignment
Changes to APS Provider Investigations Section of the SWI Handbook (PATS 9567)
The 7000 section has been revised and reorganized in its entirety to address changes to the scope and jurisdiction of APS Provider Investigations.