1. (a) The interdisciplinary team must review medical documentation to determine eligibility for a child who has a qualifying medical diagnosis. The subrecipient must maintain documentation reviewed for this purpose in the child's record.

   1. (1) Qualifying medical diagnoses are approved by the HHSC Director of ECI based on prevailing medical opinion that the diagnoses have a high probability of resulting in developmental delay.
   2. (2) HHSC ECI maintains a searchable database of qualifying medical diagnoses that is made available to the public. HHSC ECI will notify subrecipients and the public when changes to the database are made.
2. (b) If a review of the child's records indicates that the child has a qualifying medical diagnosis, the interdisciplinary team must determine and document a need for ECI services as required in §350.837 of this chapter (relating to Needs Assessment).

Source Note:The provisions of this §350.811 adopted to be effective September 1, 2013, 38 TexReg 5524; amended to be effective March 7, 2015, 40 TexReg 939; amended to be effective June 30, 2019, 44 TexReg 3280; transferred effective March 1, 2021, as published in the Texas Register February 5, 2021, 46 TexReg 941; amended to be effective March 17, 2022, 47 TexReg 1277; amended to be effective February 13, 2025, 50 TexReg 772.