Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 52 - CONTRACTING FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES
Subchapter C - REQUIREMENTS OF A CONTRACTOR
Section 52.113 - Record Retention and Disposition

Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code ยง 52.113

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), a contractor must retain a record in the form in which it was created as follows:

(1) a record developed and maintained in accordance with § 49.305 of this subchapter (relating to Records) until the latest of the following:
(A) seven years after the contractor submits a claim for the service about which the record relates;

(B) seven years after all issues that arise from any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit, open records request, administrative review, or other action involving the record are resolved; or

(C) the individual about whom the record relates becomes 21 years of age.

(2) its contract and any contract solicitation documents until the later of the following:
(A) seven years after the contract expires or is terminated; or

(B) seven years after all issues that arise from any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit, open records request, administrative review, or other action involving the contract are resolved.

(b) If a contractor destroys records containing confidential information, the records must be destroyed in a manner that makes the confidential information unusable, as follows:

(1) for paper, film, and other hard copy records, shredding, pulping, or burning; and

(2) for electronic records, disintegration, degaussing, digital shredding, or using specialized software to copy over the data.

(c) If applicable law, the contract, or rules governing services provided under the contract require a contractor to retain records for a longer period than described in subsection (a) of this section, the contractor must retain the records for the longer period.

(d) A contractor is not required to comply with subsection (a) of this section for a record not required by applicable law, rule, or the contract to be in the contractor's possession on September 1, 2018.

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