Texas Administrative Code
Title 40 - SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES
Chapter 48 - COMMUNITY CARE FOR AGED AND DISABLED
Subchapter I - CASE MANAGEMENT
Section 48.3904 - Special Casework Procedures for Adult Foster Care
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) To receive payment, each adult foster care provider must send a completed purchase voucher for adult foster care providers form to DHS for each month the foster care client lives in the home. The daily rate paid to adult foster care providers is $11.75; after September 1, 1996, the daily rate paid to adult foster care providers is $13.64.
(b) Enrollment of an adult foster home means that the home is meeting all standards or appropriate waivers have been obtained.
(c) The caseworker, with supervisory approval, may disenroll an adult foster home if the provider is not able to care for the client(s) because of health reasons. The provider is required to submit, when requested by the department, a physician's statement that he is physically and mentally able to continue providing personal care and 24-hour supervision.
(d) Adult foster care providers may be disenrolled for noncompliance with the minimum standards for adult foster care or other program rules. Adult foster care providers and applicants have a right to appeal the decision to not approve their application to be a provider or to disenroll the home. The administrative law judge is the department employee appointed to preside over the hearing.
(e) Representatives of the Texas Department of Human Services may enter the premises of the DHS enrolled foster home at any time to make inspections or to privately interview the clients receiving assistance from the Texas Department of Human Services.
(f) The Texas Department of Human Services pays the daily rate for up to 14 days of leave for each 12-consecutive-month period when an authorized client is away from the foster home. Payment for leave in excess of 14 days per year is the responsibility of the client. Any bedhold charges are between the client and provider because they have negotiated a monthly room and board agreement. Bedhold charges, however, may not exceed the daily room and board rate.
(g) The adult foster care provider is responsible for notifying the caseworker when a client is away from the foster home for personal leave or hospitalization.
