40 Tex. Admin. Code § 48.2928 - Emergency Response Services
To be eligible for emergency response services, a client must:
(1) meet the functional need
criteria as set by the department. The department uses a standardized
assessment instrument to measure the client's ability to perform activities of
daily living. This yields a score, which is a measure of the client's level of
functional need. The department sets the minimum required score for a client to
be eligible, which the department may periodically adjust commensurate with
available funding. The department will seek stakeholder input before making any
change in the minimum required score for functional eligibility; and
(2) meet the following requirements:
(A) live alone, be alone routinely for eight
or more hours each day, or live with an incapacitated individual who could not
call for help or otherwise assist the client in an emergency;
(B) be mentally alert enough to operate the
equipment properly, in the judgment of the DHS caseworker;
(C) have a telephone with a private line, if
the system requires a private line to function properly;
(D) be willing to sign a release statement
that allows the responder to make a forced entry into the client's home if he
is asked to respond to an activated alarm call and has no other means of
entering the home to respond; and
(E) live in a place other than a skilled
institution, assisted living facility, foster care setting, or any other
setting where 24-hour supervision is available.
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