SECTION 263.2009. Exceptions to Certain Requirements During Declaration of Disaster

(a) HHSC may allow program providers to use one or both of the exceptions in subsections (c) and (d) of this section while an executive order or proclamation declaring a state of disaster under Texas Government Code §418.014 is in effect. HHSC notifies program providers:

(1) if it allows an exception to be used; and

(2) if an exception is allowed to be used, the date the exception must no longer be used, which may be before the declaration of a state of disaster expires.

(b) In this section "disaster area" means the area of the state specified in an executive order or proclamation described in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Notwithstanding §263.2007 of this chapter (relating to Description of and Criteria for an Individual to Receive In-Home Individualized Skills and Socialization), an individual who resides in the disaster area is not required to meet any of the criteria described in §263.2007(b) of this chapter to receive in-home individualized skills and socialization.

(d) Notwithstanding §263.2013 of this chapter (relating to Provision of In-Home Individualized Skills and Socialization), if an individual who resides in the disaster area does not meet any of the criteria described in §263.2007(b) of this chapter to receive in-home individualized skills and socialization, a program provider is not required to obtain the documentation described in §263.2013(b) of this chapter.

Source Note: The provisions of this §263.2009 adopted to be effective January 1, 2023, 47 TexReg 8698