Sec. 534.109.  CONTRACT COMPLIANCE FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES.  (a)  The department shall evaluate a local intellectual and developmental disability authority's compliance with its contract to ensure the provision of specific services to priority populations.
(b)  If, by a date set by the commissioner, a local intellectual and developmental disability authority fails to comply with its contract to ensure the provision of services to the satisfaction of the commissioner, the department may impose a sanction as provided by the applicable contract rule until the dispute is resolved.  The department shall notify the authority in writing of the department's decision to impose a sanction.
(c)  A local intellectual and developmental disability  authority may appeal the department's decision to impose a sanction on the authority.  The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe the appeal procedure.
(d)  The filing of a notice of appeal stays the imposition of the department's decision to impose a sanction except when an act or omission by a local intellectual and developmental disability authority is endangering or may endanger the life, health, welfare, or safety of a person.
(e)  While an appeal under this section is pending, the department may limit general revenue allocations to a local intellectual and developmental disability authority to monthly distributions.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.