Tex. Gov't Code § 546.0254

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 546.0254 - [Effective 4/1/2025] Medicaid Waiver Program Alignment

As necessary to implement this subchapter, the commission shall:

(1) ensure that an appropriate number of openings for waiver services that become available as a result of funding for transferring individuals with disabilities into community-based services are made available to both children and adults;

(2) ensure that service definitions applicable to waiver services are modified as necessary to permit the provision of waiver services through family-based alternatives;

(3) ensure that procedures are implemented for making a level of care determination for each child and identifying the most appropriate waiver service for the child, including procedures under which the commission's director of long-term care, after considering any preference of the child's birth family or alternative family, resolves disputes among agencies about the most appropriate waiver service; and

(4) require that the health and human services agency responsible for providing a specific waiver service to a child also assume responsibility for identifying any necessary transition activities or services. (Gov. Code, Sec. 531.060(n).)

Tex. Gov't. Code § 546.0254

Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 769,Sec. 1.01, eff. 4/1/2025.