Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 15 - TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 377 - CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY PROGRAMS
Subchapter B - STANDARDS OF OPERATION FOR LOCAL COURT-APPOINTED VOLUNTEER ADVOCATE PROGRAMS
Section 377.111 - Scale of State Financial Support

(a) The statewide volunteer advocate organization must contract for services with eligible local volunteer advocate programs to expand the existing services of the local volunteer advocate programs. No contract may result in reducing the financial support that a local volunteer advocate program receives from another source.

(b) In accordance with Texas Family Code § RSA 264.602(c), the annual percentage of state financial support for a local volunteer advocate program will decline each year over a six-year period as reflected in the schedule below. The reimbursement by HHSC of expenses for a particular local volunteer advocate program incurred in any given year must not exceed the following percentage of total support needs of the local volunteer advocate program for that year, beginning on the effective date of the contract between the local volunteer advocate program and the statewide volunteer advocate organization.

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