This chapter implements Government Code chapter 531, subchapter D, which establishes a guardianship advisory board within the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), requires HHSC to adopt minimum standards for the delivery of guardianship and related services, directs HHSC to develop and, subject to appropriations, implement a plan to ensure that incapacitated persons who need guardianship services receive necessary and appropriate assistance, and authorizes HHSC to award grants to local guardianship programs and local legal guardianship programs.
Source Note: The provisions of this §381.1 adopted to be effective August 30, 1998, 23 TexReg 8665; amended to be effective August 20, 2000, 25 TexReg 7630