The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to implement and administer this chapter, including:
- (1) procedures and guidelines for determining eligibility standards relating to financial qualifications and the need for services and for determining eligibility criteria for selecting clients to receive assistance;
- (2) standards and procedures for approving qualified programs and support services;
- (3) procedures for conducting a periodic review of clients;
- (4) procedures and guidelines for determining when assistance duplicates other support programs or results in excessive support to a client;
- (5) reasonable payment rates for qualified programs and support services under this chapter; and
- (6) a copayment system in accordance with Section 35.007.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1208, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.172, eff. April 2, 2015.