Youth for Tomorrow
Frequently Asked Questions
Question:
Who is responsible to track and insure that a child's service authorization does
not expire?
Answer:
Generally, the payer or conservator has the primary responsibility to monitor
service authorizations. Often, this is a shared responsibility with the provider.
In those instances in which the conservator is the Texas Department of Family and
Protective Services (DFPS) and as long as a child remains in the same residential
program, Youth for Tomorrow (YFT) will review that child's service needs on a
regularly scheduled basis which prevents the expiration of service
authorization.
If a DFPS child moves to a new program, the service authorization may expire prior
to YFT's next regularly scheduled review. Since providers may be at risk for not
getting payment or at least delayed payment for those days a child's service is not
authorized, it is a good idea for them to determine when the authoriztion will
expire upon admission. If the service authoriztion is scheduled to expire prior to
the next regularly scheduled YFT review, it would benefit the provider to request a
current authorization for services directly from YFT.
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