{"ref":"TX-EP-01","title":"Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan","category":"Emergency preparedness","summary":"The Agency maintains a written emergency preparedness and response plan built on a documented risk assessment, names a disaster coordinator and alternate, keeps operations running through a continuity plan, assigns staff roles across mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery, helps clients register with STEAR, and reviews and exercises the plan every year.","inShort":["Keep your phone number and emergency contact up to date with the office, so we can reach you in a disaster.","Know your client’s emergency plan. Go over it with them at least once a year and when their needs change.","In an emergency, keep visiting clients only if it is safe to travel. Tell the office about every visit, done or missed.","If you cannot reach a client during an emergency, tell the office right away.","Pat Sample leads our emergency response. If Pat Sample is not available, Jo Sample takes over."],"primaryCitation":"26 TAC §558.256","citations":["26 TAC §558.256","26 TAC §558.290","26 TAC §558.301","26 TAC §558.287","Tex. Gov’t Code ch. 418"],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §484.102"],"surveyorAsks":["Show me your risk assessment and the date it was last updated.","Who is your disaster coordinator, who is the alternate, and how do staff reach them after hours?"],"forms":[{"ref":"TX-EP-01-A","title":"Client Emergency Plan"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (26 TAC §558.256)","5. Procedure","6. Responsibilities","6.1 Staff Training","7. Records","7.1 Compliance Monitoring","8. References","9. Related Documents","10. Approval","11. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"tx-pas","state":"Texas","service":"Home care","guides":[{"path":"/guides/home-care-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies does a home care agency need?"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Home Care Agency","legalName":"Sample Home Care Agency, LLC","logo":null}}