26 Tex. Admin. Code § 52.1 - Application

(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) - (e) of this section, all of the sections of this chapter apply to an applicant or contractor for one or more of the following programs and services:

(1) Medicaid waiver programs and services under Title XIX, §1915(c) of the Social Security Act as follows:

(A) the Community Living Assistance and Support Services (CLASS) Program:

(i) CLASS-case management agency (CMA);

(ii) CLASS-continued family services (CFS);

(iii) CLASS-direct service agency (DSA); and

(iv) CLASS-support family services (SFS);

(B) the Deaf Blind with Multiple Disabilities (DBMD) Program;

(C) the Home and Community-based Services (HCS) Program;

(D) the Texas Home Living (TxHmL) Program; and

(E) transition assistance services (TAS);

(2) Medicaid state plan programs or services under Title XIX, §1902(a)(10)(A) of the Social Security Act as follows:

(A) hospice;

(B) the Primary Home Care (PHC) Program;

(C) the Community Attendant Services (CAS) Program; and

(D) day activity and health services (DAHS);

(3) services and programs under Title XX, Subtitle A of the Social Security Act as follows:

(A) adult foster care (AFC);

(B) emergency response services;

(C) the Home-Delivered Meals (HDM) Program;

(D) residential care (RC);

(E) DAHS;

(F) the Family Care (FC) Program;

(G) the Consumer Managed Personal Attendant Services (CMPAS) Program;

(H) special services to persons with disabilities (SSPD); and

(I) SSPD - 24-hour shared attendant care; and

(4) financial management services under the consumer directed services option authorized under Texas Government Code Chapter 546, Subchapter C as follows:

(A) financial management services agency (FMSA)--CLASS;

(B) FMSA-DBMD;

(C) FMSA-HCS;

(D) FMSA-PHC/CAS/FC; and

(E) FMSA-TxHmL.

(b) Section 49.310 of this chapter (relating to Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Allegations), Subchapter D of this chapter (relating to Monitoring and Investigation of a Contractor), and Subchapter E, Divisions 2 and 3 of this chapter (relating to Immediate Protection; and Actions) do not apply to a contractor that has a contract for:

(1) the HCS Program; or

(2) the TxHmL Program.

(c) Subchapter D of this chapter and §49.523 of this chapter (relating to Referral Hold) do not apply to a contractor that has a contract for hospice.

(d) Sections 49.202 - 49.205 and §§49.207 - 49.211 of this chapter (relating to Provisional Contract; Provisional Contract Application Process; Additional Provisional Contract Application Requirements; License, Certification, Accreditation, and Other Requirements; Provisional Contract Application Denial; Provisional Contract Application Approval; Standard Contract; Contractor Change of Ownership or Legal Entity; and Religious Organization Applicants) and Subchapter G of this chapter (relating to Application Denial Period) do not apply to a contractor that has a contract for:

(1) the CMPAS Program;

(2) SSPD; or

(3) SSPD - 24-hour shared attendant care.

(e) Section 49.310 of this chapter does not apply to a contractor that has a contract for one or more of the following programs or services:

(1) a CLASS-CMA;

(2) a CLASS-DSA;

(3) the CMPAS Program;

(4) the DBMD Program;

(5) an FMSA-CLASS;

(6) an FMSA-DBMD;

(7) an FMSA-HCS;

(8) an FMSA-PHC/CAS/FC;

(9) an FMSA-TxHmL;

(10) the PHC Program;

(11) the CAS Program; and

(12) the FC Program.

Notes

26 Tex. Admin. Code § 52.1

Transferred from 40 TAC § 49.101 Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 13, March 29, 2024, TexReg 2091, eff. 4/29/2024; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 50, Number 13, March 28, 2025, TexReg 2203, eff. 4/1/2025