| (a) If a service coordinator receives information that
an individual wants to receive a service through the CDS option that
the individual is receiving from a program provider or that an LAR
wants the individual to receive a service through the CDS option that
the individual is receiving from a program provider, the service coordinator
must:
(1) if the information was received from the individual
or LAR, document the date the information was received in the individual's
record;
(2) if the information was received from a person other
than the individual or LAR, within three business days after the information
was received:
(A) contact the individual or LAR to confirm whether
the individual wants to receive or the LAR wants the individual to
receive a service through the CDS option that the individual is receiving
from a program provider; and
(B) if the service coordinator makes the confirmation
described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, document such confirmation
in the individual's record; and
(3) within three business days after receiving information
from the individual or LAR that the individual wants to receive or
the LAR wants the individual to receive a service through the CDS
option that the individual is receiving from a program provider or
making the confirmation described in paragraph (2)(A) of this subsection:
(A) explain to the individual or LAR that the individual
may select an FMSA of the individual's or LAR's choice; and
(B) provide the individual or LAR the names and contact
information of all FMSAs in the geographic location preferred by the
individual or LAR.
(b) After the individual or LAR selects an FMSA, the
service coordinator must coordinate with the individual, LAR, the
transferring program provider and the receiving FMSA to determine
an transfer effective date that is:
(1) not earlier than the date of the meeting described
in subsection (c)(2) of this section; and
(2) agreed to by the service coordinator, the individual
or LAR, and the receiving FMSA.
(c) On or before the transfer effective date, the service
coordinator must:
(1) take action to complete the HHSC Request for Transfer
of Waiver Program Services form in accordance with the HCS Handbook;
(2) convene a meeting with the individual or LAR to
develop a transfer IPC; and
(3) send the individual's IPC to the receiving FMSA
and obtain the signature of the receiving FMSA on the IPC and the
HHSC Request for Transfer of Waiver Program Services form.
(d) Within 10 business days after the transfer effective
date, the service coordinator must:
(1) complete data entry in the HHSC data system in
accordance with the HCS Handbook after the activities described in
subsection (c) of this section are completed; and
(2) send the transfer IPC and the HHSC Request for
Transfer of Waiver Program Services form to HHSC.
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