Sec. 161.153.  ELIGIBILITY.  (a)  A person is eligible to participate in the program if the person:
(1)  is the primary caregiver for a person who:
(A)  is related to the caregiver within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity;
(B)  has a chronic serious health condition or disability;
(C)  requires assistance with one or more activities of daily living; and
(D)  is not eligible for or not able to participate in any other existing program that provides respite services; and
(2)  meets criteria specified in rules adopted by the executive commissioner.
(b)  The executive commissioner may not specify criteria that limit a person's eligibility based on the type of chronic serious health condition or disability of the person receiving care.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 330 (H.B. 802), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.