(a) A Board shall ensure that Choices participants comply with the provisions contained in this section.
(b) Choices participants shall:
  (1) accept a job offer at the earliest possible opportunity;
  (2) participate in or receive ancillary services necessary to enable Choices participants to work or participate in employment-related activities, including counseling, treatment, vocational or physical rehabilitation, and medical or health services;
  (3) report actual hours of participation in Choices work activities, including hours of employment; and
  (4) attend scheduled appointments.
(c) Within two-parent families, Choices participants shall participate in assessment and family employment planning sessions and assigned employment and training activities as follows:
  (1) participate in Choices employment and training as specified in §811.25(b) - (c) of this chapter;
  (2) comply with all requirements specified in the FEP; and
  (3) sign a form that contains all the information identified in the Agency's Family Work Requirement form, as described in §811.24 of this chapter.
(d) Within single-parent families, Choices participants shall participate in assessment and employment planning sessions and assigned employment and training activities as follows:
  (1) participate in Choices employment and training activities as specified in §811.25(a) of this chapter; and
  (2) comply with all requirements specified in the FEP.
(e) A Board shall ensure that mandatory Choices participants coded by HHSC as working at least 30 hours per week, earning at least $700 per month, and receiving the EID:
  (1) report to the Board actual hours of work, as defined in §811.34 of this chapter; and
  (2) are provided with information on available post-employment services.

Source Note: The provisions of this §811.13 adopted to be effective November 18, 2003, 28 TexReg 10261; amended to be effective February 26, 2007, 32 TexReg 906; amended to be effective January 8, 2013, 38 TexReg 180; amended to be effective May 20, 2024, 49 TexReg 3587