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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 558LICENSING STANDARDS FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES AGENCIES
SUBCHAPTER CMINIMUM STANDARDS FOR ALL HOME AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES AGENCIES
DIVISION 4PROVISION AND COORDINATION OF TREATMENT SERVICES
RULE §558.291Agency Dissolution

An agency must adopt and enforce a written policy that describes the agency's written contingency plan.

  (1) The plan must be implemented in the event of dissolution to assure continuity of client care.

  (2) The plan must:

    (A) be consistent with §558.295 of this division (relating to Client Transfer or Discharge Notification Requirements);

    (B) include procedures for:

      (i) notifying the client of the agency's dissolution;

      (ii) documenting the notification;

      (iii) carrying out the notification; and

    (C) comply with §558.217(a)(2) of this subchapter (relating to Agency Closure Procedures and Voluntary Suspension of Operations).

Source Note: The provisions of this §558.291 adopted to be effective February 1, 2002, 26 TexReg 9159; amended to be effective June 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 1455; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the April 12, 2019, issue of the Texas Register, 44 TexReg 1893; amended to be effective April 25, 2021, 46 TexReg 2427

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