SECTION 261.246. Renewal and Revision of Level of Need

(a) A program provider must request to renew an individual's existing LON when renewing an existing LOC in accordance with §419.245(b) of this title (relating to Renewal of Level of Care).

(b) A program provider must request to revise an individual's existing LON if:

(1) the individual's adaptive functioning or behavioral or medical condition changes such that the individual's current LON is no longer accurate;

(2) the results of an ICAP assessment indicate that the individual's current LON is no longer accurate; or

(3) the information submitted for the individual's current LON resulted in an inaccurate LON.

(c) To request to renew or revise an individual's existing LON, a program provider must follow the procedures for requesting an LON described in §419.240 of this title (relating to Level of Need).

(d) The department will assign an LON and notify the program provider of the assignment in accordance with §419.240 of this title (relating to Level of Need).

Source Note: The provisions of this §261.246 adopted to be effective September 1, 2001, 26 TexReg 5384; transferred effective September 1, 2004, as published in the Texas Register September 10, 2004, 29 TexReg 8841; transferred effective October 1, 2020, as published in the Texas Register August 28, 2020, 45 TexReg 6127