Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 307 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMS
Subchapter A - YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SERVICES (YES)
Section 307.5 - Eligibility Criteria
Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code ยง 307.5
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) To participate in the waiver program, the child or adolescent must meet the following eligibility criteria:
(1) be eligible for
Medicaid, under a Medicaid Eligibility Group included in the approved
waiver;
(2) live in a county
included in the waiver program;
(3)
be reasonably expected to qualify for inpatient care under the Texas Medicaid
inpatient psychiatric admission guidelines, as defined in the approved waiver,
in the absence of waiver services;
(4) reside:
(A) in a non-institutional setting with the
child's or adolescent's LAR; or
(B)
in the child's or adolescent's own home or apartment, if legally emancipated;
and
(5) choose, or have
the LAR choose, the waiver program services as an alternative to care in an
inpatient psychiatric facility, in accordance with the provisions of the
approved waiver.
(b) The participating child or adolescent must be determined to meet the eligibility criteria in subsection (a) of this section on an annual basis to continue in the waiver program.
(c) The department reserves the right to limit, in each county, the number of eligible children or adolescents that may participate in the waiver program, in accordance with the provisions of the approved waiver.
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