SECTION 261.260. Applied Income

(a) A program provider may only collect applied income in accordance with the procedures authorized by TDHS.

(b) If an individual's applied income has not been determined or the individual's earned or unearned income changes, a program provider must report such information to the TDHS Medicaid eligibility worker.

(c) A program provider must maintain an applied income ledger for each individual that includes the amount of:

(1) applied income owed by the individual;

(2) applied income paid by the individual;

(3) the difference between the applied income owed and the applied income paid by the individual; and

(4) charges paid by the individual to hold the individual's residential placement in the facility as described in §419.227(j) of this title (relating to Discharge From a Facility)

(d) Within 72 hours after receiving a request from the individual or LAR, a program provider must provide to the individual or LAR a copy of the individual's applied income ledger.

Source Note: The provisions of this §261.260 adopted to be effective January 1, 2001, 25 TexReg 12790; amended 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