(a) DARS allocates to each service provider the funds needed to carry out the rules in this chapter. DARS may consider the following when determining the amount allotted to each service provider:
  (1) service area;
  (2) population of the area served; and
  (3) history of service delivery.
(b) The funds are administered by the designated service provider in accordance with the rules in this chapter.
(c) When DARS determines that a service provider will not spend all of the funds allotted for a fiscal year to carry out the rules in this chapter, DARS may allot the projected unused portion to other service providers to provide the covered services in this chapter. The extra allotment is considered an increase in the other service providers' allotments for that fiscal year.
(d) The service provider ensures comparable services or benefits are exhausted before using funds allocated under this chapter.

Source Note: The provisions of this §357.201 adopted to be effective August 31, 2016, 41 TexReg 6066; transferred effective March 15, 2021, as published in the Texas Register February 26, 2021, 46 TexReg 1387