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 5 - DENIAL, SUSPENSION, REDUCTION, AND TERMINATION
Section 260.89 - Termination of DBMD Program Services and CFC Services With Advance Notice Due to Ineligibility or Leave from the State

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, HHSC terminates:

(b) Within two business days after becoming aware that a situation described in subsection (a) of this section exists, the program provider must request, in writing, that HHSC terminate DBMD Program services and CFC services, or DBMD Program services, or CFC services for the individual.

(c) HHSC may, under extenuating circumstances, temporarily continue DBMD Program services and CFC services if an individual is determined by HHSC not to be financially eligible for Medicaid.

(d) HHSC sends a written notice with the effective date of the termination to the program provider that the program provider, upon receipt but no later than 12 calendar days before the effective date of the termination, must send to the individual or LAR, copying the FMSA, if applicable.

(e) If the individual or LAR requests a fair hearing before the effective date of the termination specified in the written notice, the program provider must continue to provide services to the individual while the appeal is pending.