(a) After you request a due process hearing, the Texas
Health and Human Services (HHSC) Legal Services Division will ask
the State Office of Administrative Hearings to appoint an administrative
law judge to conduct a hearing to make a final decision regarding
the finding of abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
(b) After the State Office of Administrative Hearings
assigns a docket number to your case:
(1) The HHSC Legal Services Division will send you
a notice of the hearing by regular and certified mail to your last
known address as shown by our records; or
(2) If the Docket Clerk has received written notice
of representation from an attorney who will be representing you at
the hearing, the HHSC Legal Services Division will send the notice
of the hearing to the attorney in a manner allowed under the rules
referenced in §707.849 in this division (relating to How is a
due process hearing conducted?).
(c) You are responsible for providing the Docket Clerk
with written notification of any change in your address that occurs
after you have requested a due process hearing.
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