Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 26	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 279	CONTRACTING TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER D	SERVICE DELIVERY
RULE §279.101	Termination

(a) If DADS terminates ERS, a provider may be paid for the last month of service, regardless of how many days of service were provided that month, if:

(1) the provider has already conducted a system check that month before the termination of services;

(2) the provider conducted a system check on the day it picked up the equipment; or

(3) the provider could not complete a system check because:

(A) the individual's telephone was disconnected;

(B) the individual damaged the equipment;

(D) the individual changed his telephone number or address without allowing the provider to remove the equipment from the individual's home.

(b) The provider must:

(1) document the results of the final system check; or

(2) document the reason the provider was unable to complete a system check.

Source Note: The provisions of this §279.101 adopted to be effective March 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 1307; transferred effective July 1, 2021, as published in the June 11, 2021 issue of the Texas Register, 46 TexReg 3617