(a) During the license term, a license holder may not increase capacity without approval from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC). The license holder must submit to HHSC a complete application, through the online portal, for increase in capacity and the fee required in §551.19 of this subchapter (relating to License Fees).
(b) An application for an increase in capacity that was not included in the plan approved under §533A.062 of Texas Health and Safety Code, Plan on Long-Term Care for Persons with an Intellectual Disability, will not be approved by HHSC .
(c) Upon approval of an increase in capacity, HHSC will issue a new license.

Source Note: The provisions of this §551.14 adopted to be effective August 31, 1993, 18 TexReg 2557; transferred effective September 1, 1993, as published in the Texas Register September 3, 1993, 18 TexReg 5885; amended to be effective May 1, 1995, 20 TexReg 1659; amended to be effective January 1, 1997, 21 TexReg 11290; amended to be effective May 1, 1998, 23 TexReg 4060; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1883; amended to be effective February 24, 2022, 47 TexReg 787