Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 15 - TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 381 - GUARDIANSHIP SERVICES
Subchapter D - STANDARDS FOR GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAMS
Division 4 - GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAMS AND CLIENT SERVICES
Section 381.359 - Prioritization of Potential Clients on Waiting Lists

A guardianship program should make every effort to provide a guardian or to provide less restrictive alternative services for a potential client as soon as possible. If a potential client cannot be served at the time the services are needed, a guardianship program must consider the degree of risk to a potential client's health, safety, and resources in determining his or her priority on a waiting list. Any assessment of the potential client will include an assessment of the risk to the client of delaying services. A guardianship program will also maintain a policy that will insure that persons on waiting lists are reassessed at frequent intervals in order to reprioritize cases with changed circumstances as needed.