If a program provider receives a request from an individual or other person except program provider staff to expend an individual's personal funds without obtaining a receipt and the individual's IDT determines that the expenditure is in the best interest of the individual, the program provider may release such funds to the requestor.     
       (1) The request must be written, signed by the requestor, and specify the amount and purpose of the expenditure.      
       (2) A check is not considered a written request for personal funds, even if it is written and signed by the individual.      
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §261.257 adopted to be effective January 1, 2001, 25 TexReg 12790; 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