(a) - (b)(No change.)
(c)Cost report due date.
(1)Providers must submit cost reports to HHSC Rate
Analysis no later than 90 days following the end of the provider entity's
fiscal year or 90 days from the transmittal date of the cost report
forms, whichever due date is later. For ICF/IID, providers must
submit cost reports to HHSC Rate Analysis only in even years, beginning
with the provider's 2018 cost report.
(2)For SHARS, providers must submit cost reports to
HHSC Rate Analysis as specified in §355.8443 of this title.
(3)HHSC may grant extensions of due dates for good
cause. A good cause is defined as a circumstance which the provider
could not reasonably be expected to control and for which adequate
advance planning and organization would not have been of any assistance.
Providers must submit requests for extensions in writing to HHSC Rate
Analysis. Requests for extensions must be received by HHSC Rate Analysis
prior to the cost report due date. HHSC staff will respond in writing
to requests within 15 days of receipt.
(4)HHSC may require additional financial and other
statistical information, in the form of special surveys or reports,
to ensure the fiscal integrity of the program. Providers must submit
such additional information and/or special surveys or reports to HHSC
Rate Analysis upon request by the date specified by HHSC Rate Analysis
in its transmittal or cover letter to the special survey, report,
or request for additional information.
(d) - (i)(No change.)
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed
the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority
to adopt.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State on October 27, 2017
TRD-201704363 Karen Ray
Chief Counsel
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Earliest possible date of adoption: December 10, 2017
For further information, please call: (512) 462-6223
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