Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 306 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEM
Subchapter E - MENTAL HEALTH CASE MANAGEMENT
Section 306.279 - Fair Hearings and Appeal Processes
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) Right of Medicaid-eligible individual to request a fair hearing. Any Medicaid eligible individual whose request for eligibility for MH case management services is denied or is not acted upon with reasonable promptness, or whose MH case management services have been terminated, suspended, or reduced by the department, is entitled to a fair hearing in accordance with 1 TAC Chapter 357, Subchapter A (relating to Uniform Fair Hearing Rules).
(b) Right of non-Medicaid eligible individual to request an appeal. Any individual who has not applied for or is not eligible for Medicaid whose request for eligibility for MH case management services is denied or is not acted upon with reasonable promptness, or whose MH case management services have been terminated, suspended, or reduced by a local mental health authority or its contractor, is entitled to notification and right of appeal in accordance with the department's rules concerning such matters for non-Medicaid-eligible individuals.
