Text of section effective on April 01, 2025
Sec. 546.0254.  MEDICAID WAIVER PROGRAM ALIGNMENT. As necessary to implement this subchapter, the commission shall:
(1)  ensure that an appropriate number of openings for waiver services that become available as a result of funding for transferring individuals with disabilities into community-based services are made available to both children and adults;
(2)  ensure that service definitions applicable to waiver services are modified as necessary to permit the provision of waiver services through family-based alternatives;
(3)  ensure that procedures are implemented for making a level of care determination for each child and identifying the most appropriate waiver service for the child, including procedures under which the commission's director of long-term care, after considering any preference of the child's birth family or alternative family, resolves disputes among agencies about the most appropriate waiver service; and
(4)  require that the health and human services agency responsible for providing a specific waiver service to a child also assume responsibility for identifying any necessary transition activities or services.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.