(a) A client may receive either or both of the following two categories of program benefits.
  (1) The client may receive a one-time cash grant for architectural renovation or other capital expenditure to improve or facilitate the care, treatment, therapy, or general living conditions of the person who has a disability. A capital expenditure is defined as any one-time purchase costing more than $250. At its discretion and subject to available funding, the Texas Department of Human Services (DHS) may set the maximum grant at zero to $3,600.
  (2) The client may also receive a cash subsidy grant to purchase services covered under §48.2706 of this title (relating to Allowable In-Home and Family Support Program (IH/FSP) Services). At its discretion and subject to available funding, the Texas Department of Human Services (DHS) may set the maximum grant at zero to $3,600.
(b) The service plan is based on the applicant's statement of need, which indicates the services and capital expenditure or architectural renovation that will meet his care needs in a community-based setting. The applicant, assisted by the In-Home and Family Support Program (IH/FSP) caseworker, selects the programs or provider of services that he will use to meet his care needs without service duplication or overlap. The items or services purchased must be approved by the IH/FSP caseworker and must be on the list of allowable IH/FSP services.
(c) The applicant is responsible for providing cost estimates for the services he intends to purchase with the IH/FSP subsidy.
(d) The applicant or the applicant's responsible party must obtain three written bids to determine the lowest cost for capital expenditures, architectural modification(s), or both, that cost $1,000 or more.
(e) In order for a sole source estimate to be accepted, the caseworker must document that no other source is available, explain the consumer's highly specialized need for the particular item/service, and specify all efforts made to locate additional resources. The supervisor must approve all sole source capital expenditure purchases.

Source Note: The provisions of this §278.9 adopted to be effective April 4, 1988, 13 TexReg 1393; amended to be effective May 1, 1990, 15 TexReg 1963; amended to be effective September 1, 1992, 17 TexReg 5460; amended to be effective December 1, 1992, 17 TexReg 7797; amended to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 6951; transferred effective June 28, 2024, as published in the June 7, 2024, issue of the Texas Register, 49 TexReg 4061