The Plan of Operation must:

 •  describe how the contractor will provide each type of service and to what extent; see:

8412 Types of Service

 •  indicate what services will be subcontracted, and how they will be evaluated;

 •  establish time frames within which

 •  subcontractors must bill the contractor and

 •  the contractor must bill DFPS

  Note: All bills must be submitted within 60 days of the date of service;

 •  establish limits on the number of counseling sessions for the child and family;

 •  establish limits on the number of participants in group-counseling sessions;

 •  require every post adoptive counseling provider to:

 •  establish a written treatment plan for each client before the client's fourth counseling session; and

 •  ensure that each treatment plan specifies the purpose of the treatment, the type of counseling to be provided (individual, group, or family), and the frequency of treatment;

 •  require the contractor to evaluate the effectiveness of a client's treatment based on the provider's therapy notes before extending an authorization for counseling sessions; see:

8412.4 Post Adoption Counseling;

 •  require the contractor to:

 •  follow CPS's policies and procedures for determining and reviewing a child's service level, and

 •  prepare and submit documentation to DFPS's levels-of-service contractor when a child is referred for residential therapeutic care; see:

4400 Texas Service Levels System

 •  specify the procedures the contractor must follow to ensure that DFPS adoption assistance is properly applied to the cost of a child's post adoption services, particularly if the child is in residential therapeutic care;

 •  require the contractor to participate in community resource coordination groups to coordinate services for children who require the services of more than one state agency; and

 •  require the contractor to notify CPS of a closed case no more than 60 days after the last time services were provided.