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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 261 - INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY OR RELATED CONDITIONS (ICF/IID) PROGRAM--CONTRACTING
SUBCHAPTER J - SURROGATE DECISION-MAKING
SECTION/RULE §261.294 - Notice of Guardianship Proceeding
Chapter Review Date 07/22/2024

(a) If before a surrogate consent committee makes a treatment decision, the committee is informed that an application for a guardianship proceeding for an individual has been filed with a court, the chairperson of the committee must suspend the committee proceeding for five days unless a medical necessity exists that requires a treatment decision to be made during the five-day period.(b) If the chairperson suspends a committee proceeding and a person has not been appointed guardian for the individual within five days after the suspension, the chairperson must resume the committee proceeding.

Source Note: The provisions of this §261.294 adopted to be effective July 1, 2007, 32 TexReg 3856; transferred effective October 1, 2020, as published in the Texas Register August 28, 2020, 45 TexReg 6127.

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