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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 211 - DAY ACTIVITY AND HEALTH SERVICES (DAHS) CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS
SUBCHAPTER 211.205.html - null
SECTION/RULE §211.205 - Initiation of Services
Chapter Review Date 10/30/2024

(a) The DAHS facility must initiate services within seven days after the beginning date of coverage in Item 4 of DADS' Authorization for Community Care Services.(b) If the DAHS facility does not initiate services within the seven-day period, the DAHS facility must notify the caseworker, using DADS' Case Information form, by the eighth day after the beginning date of coverage in Item 4 of DADS' Authorization for Community Care Services. DADS' Case Information form must include the reasons for the delay and the date when services are scheduled to begin.(c) The DAHS facility must complete and return DADS' authorization for community services form to the caseworker within 14 days after the beginning date of coverage in Item 4 of DADS' authorization for community care services form. The DAHS facility must indicate the date services were initiated, the schedule for delivering services, and the total units authorized for the client.

Source Note: The provisions of this §211.205 adopted to be effective May 1, 1999, 24 TexReg 3100; amended to be effective April 1, 2000, 25 TexReg 2403; amended to be effective October 1, 2000, 25 TexReg 9644; amended to be effective April 1, 2007, 32 TexReg 1749; transferred effective July 31, 2024, as published in the July 5, 2024, issue of the Texas Register, 49 TexReg 4935.

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