| (a) A provider agency must maintain an up-to-date interest
list of individuals who are interested in receiving PACE services
and reside in the provider agency's service area.
(b) A person may request an individual's name be added
to the PACE interest list maintained by the provider agency serving
the service area in which the individual resides by submitting a request
in person, by phone, or in writing, and providing the following information:
(1) the name of the individual;
(2) the date of the request for PACE services;
(3) the individual's physical and mailing addresses;
(4) the individual's birth date;
(5) the individual's contact phone number;
(6) the name and phone number of the LAR, if applicable;
and
(7) the name and phone number of the person requesting
services on behalf of the individual, if different from the LAR.
(c) When a PACE vacancy occurs, a provider agency offers
the vacancy to the individual whose name is first on the PACE provider
agency's interest list.
(d) A provider agency removes an individual's name
from the PACE interest list if:
(1) the individual accepts a PACE vacancy;
(2) the individual or LAR requests in writing that
the individual's name be removed from the interest list;
(3) the individual moves out of the service area, unless
the individual is a military family member living outside of Texas:
(A) while the military member is on active duty; or
(B) or less than one year after the former military
member's active duty ends;
(4) the individual or LAR declines the offer of PACE
services, unless the individual is a military family member living
outside of Texas:
(A) while the military member is on active duty; or
(B) for less than one year after the former military
member's active duty ends;
(5) the individual is a military family member living
outside of Texas for more than one year after the former military
member's active duty ends;
(6) the individual or LAR fails to respond to a PACE
vacancy offer within 30 days after receiving the offer; or
(7) the individual is deceased.
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