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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 260DEAF BLIND WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES (DBMD) PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY FIRST CHOICE (CFC) SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER GPROGRAM PROVIDER-OWNED RESIDENTIAL SETTINGS
RULE §260.401Residential Agreements

    (B) provide the case manager with a copy of the written notice of proposed eviction.

(i) If the individual or LAR pays the delinquent room or board within the period required by subsection (h)(3) of this section, the program provider must not give the individual or LAR a notice to vacate or otherwise proceed to evict the individual.

(j) If the individual or LAR does not pay the delinquent room and board within the period required by subsection (h)(3) of this section, the program provider:

  (1) must report the failure to pay to one of the following as appropriate:

    (A) the SSA;

    (B) the probate court that appointed the individual's guardian; or

    (C) DFPS as an allegation of the LAR's exploitation or neglect of the individual;

  (2) must meet with the individual or LAR to discuss alternative living settings for the individual; and

  (3) if the program provider wants to proceed to evict the individual, the program provider must:

    (A) give the individual or LAR a written notice to vacate the residence in accordance with the residential agreement and state law; and

    (B) send a copy of the written notice described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph to the individual's case manager within one business day after the individual or LAR is given the notice.

(k) If an individual is evicted by a program provider and the individual or LAR has not paid the delinquent room and board, the case manager must convene a meeting or meetings to revise the IPP and revise the IPC as described in §260.77 of this chapter (relating to Renewal and Revision of an IPP and IPC). If the individual or LAR wants to keep licensed assisted living on the individual's IPC, the case manager must inform the individual or LAR at the meeting or meetings that HHSC will deny licensed assisted living if included on the individual's IPC, until the individual pays the delinquent room and board.

(l) If a program provider evicts an individual who has an LAR and the LAR fails to arrange an alternative living setting for the individual, the program provider must report the LAR's failure to DFPS as neglect of the individual and notify the case manager that such report was made.

(m) If an individual pays the delinquent room and board, a program provider must, within one business day after the payment, notify the individual's case manager that the individual is no longer delinquent.


Source Note: The provisions of this §260.401 adopted to be effective February 26, 2023, 48 TexReg 896

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