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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 276 - CONTRACTING TO PROVIDE ASSISTED LIVING AND RESIDENTIAL CARE SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER D - TRUST FUNDS
SECTION/RULE §276.61 - Trust Fund Management

(a) Clients have the right to:(1) perform their own money management;(2) request that the facility provide or assist with money management; or(3) designate another person to provide or assist with money management.(b) The case manager will inform the facility if a client wishes the facility to provide or assist with money management.(c) The facility must not require clients to request the facility provide or assist with money management. The facility must have the client's or the client's representative's written authorization to provide or assist with money management.(d) The facility must provide a written statement of the trust fund rights and responsibilities regarding the client's financial affairs. The written statement must:(1) be provided to each client or client's representative who chooses to have the facility provide or assist with money management;(2) be provided at the time of admission or request; and(3) include the following:(A) a statement that the facility must not require clients to allow the facility to provide or assist with money management;(B) the client or the client's representative's written request and authorization to provide or assist with money management; and(C) any charge by the facility for providing or assisting with money management is included in the facility's basic rate.

Source Note: The provisions of this §276.61 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 6941; transferred effective October 18, 2024, as published in the September 20, 2024, issue of the Texas Register, 49 TexReg 7640.

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