| (a) A TAS provider must:
(1) deliver TAS to an individual for whom the TAS provider
receives, from the individual's case manager, a completed Transition
Assistance Services (TAS) Assessment and Authorization form authorized
by HHSC;
(2) deliver to the individual the specific TAS authorized
on the form;
(3) purchase TAS for the individual within the monetary
amount authorized on the form; and
(4) submit a service claim to HHSC only after all of
the authorized TAS has been delivered to the individual.
(b) A TAS provider must complete the delivery of TAS
to the individual at least two days before the individual's facility
discharge date unless the delay in delivery is beyond the control
of the TAS provider.
(c) If a TAS provider does not deliver the authorized
TAS in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, the TAS provider
must:
(1) document the following:
(A) a description of the pending TAS;
(B) the reason for the delay;
(C) the date the TAS provider anticipates it will deliver
the pending TAS or specific reasons why the TAS provider cannot anticipate
a delivery date; and
(D) a description of the TAS provider's ongoing efforts
to deliver the TAS; and
(2) at least two days before the facility discharge
date, provide the information described in paragraph (1) of this subsection
to:
(A) the individual or LAR, or in MDCP, the individual's
primary caregiver; and
(B) the case manager.
(d) A TAS provider must, within one business day after
TAS has been delivered, notify the following persons that TAS has
been delivered:
(1) the individual or LAR, or in MDCP, the individual's
primary caregiver; and
(2) the case manager.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §272.33 adopted to be effective August 31, 2004, 29 TexReg 8381; amended to be effective July 1, 2015, 40 TexReg 7286; transferred effective July 1, 2021, as published in the June 11, 2021 issue of the Texas Register, 46 TexReg 3619; amended to be effective March 1, 2023, 48 TexReg 1129 |
