Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) If a service
coordinator receives information that an individual wants to receive a service
through the CDS option that the individual is receiving from a program provider
or that an LAR wants the individual to receive a service through the CDS option
that the individual is receiving from a program provider, the service
coordinator must:
(1) if the information was
received from the individual or LAR, document the date the information was
received in the individual's record;
(2) if the information was received from a
person other than the individual or LAR, within three business days after the
information was received:
(A) contact the
individual or LAR to confirm whether the individual wants to receive or the LAR
wants the individual to receive a service through the CDS option that the
individual is receiving from a program provider; and
(B) if the service coordinator makes the
confirmation described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, document such
confirmation in the individual's record; and
(3) within three business days after
receiving information from the individual or LAR that the individual wants to
receive or the LAR wants the individual to receive a service through the CDS
option that the individual is receiving from a program provider or making the
confirmation described in paragraph (2)(A) of this subsection:
(A) explain to the individual or LAR that the
individual may select an FMSA of the individual's or LAR's choice;
and
(B) provide the individual or
LAR the names and contact information of all FMSAs in the geographic location
preferred by the individual or LAR.
(b) After the individual or LAR selects an
FMSA, the service coordinator must coordinate with the individual, LAR, the
transferring program provider and the receiving FMSA to determine an transfer
effective date that is:
(1) not earlier than
the date of the meeting described in subsection (c)(2) of this section;
and
(2) agreed to by the service
coordinator, the individual or LAR, and the receiving FMSA.
(c) On or before the transfer effective date,
the service coordinator must:
(1) take action
to complete the HHSC Request for Transfer of Waiver Program Services form in
accordance with the HCS Handbook;
(2) convene a meeting with the individual or
LAR to develop a transfer IPC; and
(3) send the individual's IPC to the
receiving FMSA and obtain the signature of the receiving FMSA on the IPC and
the HHSC Request for Transfer of Waiver Program Services
form.
(d) Within 10
business days after the transfer effective date, the service coordinator must:
(1) complete data entry in the HHSC data
system in accordance with the HCS Handbook after the activities described in
subsection (c) of this section are completed; and
(2) send the transfer IPC and the HHSC
Request for Transfer of Waiver Program Services form to HHSC.
