26 Tex. Admin. Code § 334.117 - Rights Handbooks
(a) DADS publishes
handbooks describing the rights of an individual in simple, non-technical
language and makes these handbooks available in English and in
Spanish.
(b) A state MR facility
must give a copy of Your Rights in a State School or Center to
an individual and LAR or actively involved person when the state MR facility
admits the individual and annually thereafter.
(c) An MRA must give a copy of Your
Rights in Mental Retardation Community Programs to an individual and
LAR or actively involved person when the individual applies to the MRA for
services and supports and annually thereafter.
(d) DADS provides copies of Your
Rights in Mental Retardation Community Programs to an MRA upon request
in any language used by a significant percentage of the population in the MRA's
local service area.
(e) A state MR
facility and an MRA must conspicuously and at all times display the appropriate
rights handbook in areas frequented by an individual, an individual's family
member, or an LAR. The state MR facility and MRA must write in the handbook the
name, telephone number, e-mail address, and mailing address of the rights
protection officer at that state MR facility or MRA.
(f) A state MR facility and an MRA must
provide the appropriate rights handbook to a person who requests a
copy.
(g) The rights handbooks
specified in subsections (b) and (c) of this section may be obtained:
(1) through DADS' website at
http://www.dads.state.tx.us/news_info/publications/brochures/index.html#consumer;
(2) by writing the Department of Aging and
Disability Services, Consumer Rights and Services, P.O. Box 149030, Mail Code
E-249, Austin, Texas 78714-9030; or
(3) by calling the toll-free number at
1-800-458-9858.
(h) The
following rights handbooks may be obtained by accessing the website or by
writing or calling, as described in subsection (g)(1) - (3) of this section:
(1)
Your Rights in the Home and
Community-based Services (HCS) Program;
(2)
Your Rights in the Texas Home
Living Program; and
(3)
Your Rights in an ICF-MR Facility.
(i) A state MR facility and an MRA may
photocopy a rights handbook.
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