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APPENDIX J - Proposed Model Standards for Guardianship Programs in Texas
selecting and recruiting its employees and volunteers whether and to what extent the person to be
appointed as guardian is eligible to be bonded.
CHAPTER THREE: PERSONNEL MATTERS
3.01 ACCOUNTABILITY FOR MEMBER'S ACTIONS.
A guardianship program shall make itself accountable for the actions of its employees and
volunteers. A guardianship program shall not adopt any policy or procedure which has the
purpose of shifting liability imposed by law on the guardianship program to an individual
employee or volunteer.
3.02 SCREENING SERVICE PROVIDERS.
A guardianship program shall perform criminal background checks an reference checks on each
employee or volunteer who will either work or currently works directly with clients or who will
have or currently has access to clients' assets or the confidential information of clients. No such
employee or volunteer may provide any services to a client before the guardianship program has
completed these checks. No person who is described in either Section 678 or Section 681 of the
Texas Probate Code shall be a volunteer for or employed by a guardianship program in a position
that allows access to clients, clients' assets or clients' confidential information. If a guardianship
program recruits a volunteer or hires an employee who has a criminal record, the guardianship
program shall advise the judge of any court in whose jurisdiction that individual may be
providing services.
3.03 CONFIDENTIALITY.
A guardianship program shall develop and maintain procedures to insure the confidentiality of
client information. These procedures should, at a minimum, include requiring employees and
volunteers to sign confidentiality agreements, securing client records, and training employees
and volunteers on confidentiality issues.
3.04 SUPERVISION OF EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS.
A guardianship program shall develop and maintain procedures to provide ongoing supervision
of all employees and volunteers who provide services to clients regardless of whether an
individual or the guardianship program is appointed as guardian. Supervisory procedures shall
provide for training, monitoring and evaluation of employees and volunteers that is consistent
with these standards.
3.05 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
A guardianship program should strive to attain community involvement in the guardianship
program by identifying and involving those persons who or agencies that provide services of any
nature to those populations served by the guardianship program. A guardianship program should
consider the creation of a local advisory committee that consists of such persons or
representatives from such agencies to provide advice and guidance to the guardianship program.
CHAPTER FOUR: CLIENT SERVICES.
4.01 LESS RESTRICTIVE ALTERNATIVES TO GUARDIANSHIP.
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Guardianship Alliance of Texas. Texas Guardianship Issues Biennial Report: 2000, report, December 1, 2000; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1544020/m1/69/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.