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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 279CONTRACTING TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER DSERVICE DELIVERY
RULE §279.99Suspension
(a) Required suspensions. A provider must suspend services to an individual if the individual:

  (1) permanently leaves the state or moves to a county where the provider does not contract with DADS to provide ERS;

  (2) permanently moves to a location where ERS cannot be provided, such as an assisted living facility;

  (3) dies;

  (4) is admitted to an institution for more than 120 consecutive days; or

  (5) is no longer mentally alert enough to operate the equipment properly.

(b) Notification. A provider must notify the case manager orally or by fax no later than one working day after suspending services. If a provider's notification is oral, the provider must send written notification to the case manager within five working days after the oral notification. Written notification must include:

  (1) the date services were suspended; and

  (2) the reason services were suspended.

(c) Payment. DADS does not pay a provider after the month in which services were suspended.

Source Note: The provisions of this §279.99 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

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