Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 260 - DEAF BLIND WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES (DBMD) PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY FIRST CHOICE (CFC) SERVICES
Subchapter B - ELIGIBILITY, ENROLLMENT, AND REVIEW
Division 2 - ENROLLMENT PROCESS, PERSON-CENTERED PLANNING, AND REQUIREMENTS FOR SERVICE SETTINGS
Section 260.55 - Written Offer of Enrollment in the DBMD Program
Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code ยง 260.55
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) HHSC sends a written offer of enrollment in the DBMD Program to:
(1) the individual whose DBMD interest list
request date, assigned in accordance with §
260.53 of this subchapter
(relating to DBMD Interest List), is earliest, unless the individual is a
military family member living outside of Texas; or
(2) an individual who is residing in a
nursing facility and requesting enrollment in the DBMD Program.
(b) HHSC encloses with the written offer:
(1) a list of DBMD program
providers;
(2) a Documentation of
Provider Choice form;
(3) in
accordance with 1 TAC §
351.15(relating to Information
Regarding Community-based Services), a document explaining other currently
available community-based long-term support options that might be appropriate
to the individual's needs; and
(4)
an HHSC DBMD Applicant Acknowledgement form.
(c) An individual or LAR accepts the offer of enrollment in the DBMD Program by:
(1)
selecting a program provider from the enclosed list;
(2) documenting the selection of a program
provider on the HHSC Documentation of Provider Choice form; and
(3) ensuring the completed HHSC Documentation
of Provider Choice form and HHSC DBMD Applicant Acknowledgement form are
submitted to HHSC and postmarked or faxed no later than 60 calendar days after
the date on the offer letter.
(d) If HHSC receives the completed HHSC Documentation of Provider Choice form and HHSC DBMD Applicant Acknowledgement form, as described in subsection (c)(3) of this section, HHSC uses the HHSC Documentation of Provider Choice form to notify the program provider of the individual's or LAR's selection of a program provider.
(e) HHSC withdraws an offer of enrollment in the DBMD Program made to an individual if:
(1)
the completed HHSC Documentation of Provider Choice form and HHSC DBMD
Applicant Acknowledgement form are postmarked or faxed more than 60 calendar
days after the date on the offer letter;
(2) the individual or LAR does not complete
the enrollment process as described in §260.61 of this division (relating
to Process for Enrollment of an Individual);
(3) the individual was offered enrollment in
the DBMD Program because the individual was residing in a nursing facility but
was discharged from the nursing facility before the effective date of the
enrollment IPC; or
(4) the
individual has moved out of the state of Texas.
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