| (a) HHSC may allow program providers to use one or
both of the exceptions in subsections (c) and (d) of this section
while an executive order or proclamation declaring a state of disaster
under Texas Government Code §418.014 is in effect. HHSC notifies
program providers:
(1) if it allows an exception to be used; and
(2) if an exception is allowed to be used, the date
the exception must no longer be used, which may be before the declaration
of a state of disaster expires.
(b) In this section "disaster area" means the area
of the state specified in an executive order or proclamation described
in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Notwithstanding §263.2007 of this chapter
(relating to Description of and Criteria for an Individual to Receive
In-Home Individualized Skills and Socialization), an individual who
resides in the disaster area is not required to meet any of the criteria
described in §263.2007(b) of this chapter to receive in-home
individualized skills and socialization.
(d) Notwithstanding §263.2013 of this chapter
(relating to Provision of In-Home Individualized Skills and Socialization),
if an individual who resides in the disaster area does not meet any
of the criteria described in §263.2007(b) of this chapter to
receive in-home individualized skills and socialization, a program
provider is not required to obtain the documentation described in §263.2013(b)
of this chapter.
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