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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 555NURSING FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS
SUBCHAPTER DREFERRALS, COMPLAINT PROCEDURES, AND SANCTIONS
RULE §555.53Formal Hearings

(a) The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) gives a licensee a formal hearing notice if:

  (1) HHSC proposes a sanction; or

  (2) HHSC upholds or modifies a proposed sanction after an informal review, in accordance with §555.52 of this subchapter (relating to Informal Reviews).

(b) The formal hearing notice to the licensee includes:

  (1) a description of the alleged rule violations warranting the proposed sanction;

  (2) HHSC decision to uphold or modify the sanction if the notice is issued after an informal review; and

  (3) the option for the licensee to:

    (A) accept the sanction; or

    (B) request a formal hearing no later than 20 days after receiving the formal hearing notice from HHSC.

(c) If the licensee does not accept a modified sanction resulting from an informal review, the hearing notice may be for the original sanction HHSC proposed before the informal review.

(d) HHSC imposes a sanction against a licensee if:

  (1) the licensee accepts the decision from HHSC to impose the sanction;

  (2) the administrative law judge upholds the proposed sanction from HHSC after the formal hearing; or

  (3) the licensee does not request a hearing within 20 days after receiving the formal hearing notice from HHSC.

(e) A hearing is governed by Texas Administrative Code, Title 1, Chapter 357, Subchapter I (relating to Hearings Under the Administrative Procedure Act) and Title 40, Chapter 91 (relating to Hearings, Under the Administrative Procedure Act).


Source Note: The provisions of this §555.53 adopted to be effective June 1, 2004, 29 TexReg 4233; amended to be effective June 1, 2009, 34 TexReg 2795; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 6832; amended to be effective February 15, 2017, 42 TexReg 569; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1880; amended to be effective November 14, 2021, 46 TexReg 7791

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