26 Tex. Admin. Code § 271.77
Day Activity and Health Services
Effective Sep 10, 202550 TexReg 5936Source Note: The provisions of this §271.77 adopted to be effective August 31, 2004, 29 TexReg 8376; amended to be effective May 23, 2016, 41 TexReg 3749; transferred effective September 15, 2023, as published in the August 18, 2023, issue of the Texas Register, 48 TexReg 4523; amended to be effective September 10, 2025, 50 TexReg 5936.Texas Secretary of State
To be eligible for Day Activity and Health Services (DAHS), a person must:
- (1) be Medicaid-eligible or meet the income and resource guidelines established in §§271.53, 271.55, 271.89, and 271.91 of this subchapter (relating to Eligibility);
- (2) have an unmet need for DAHS as determined by HHSC;
- (3) while receiving DAHS, not receive a service that is identified as being mutually exclusive to DAHS in the Mutually Exclusive Services table in Appendix XX of the Community Care Services Eligibility Handbook available at www.hhs.texas.gov;
- (4) have a chronic medical diagnosis and physician's orders for DAHS on the HHSC Day Activity and Health Services (DAHS) Physician's Orders form; and
- (5) have one or more functional limitations and the potential for receiving therapeutic benefit from DAHS as determined by HHSC review of the Day Activity and Health Services (DAHS) Health Assessment/Individual Service Plan form completed in accordance with §211.203 of this title (relating to Written Referrals for Services) or §211.204 of this title (relating to DAHS Facility-Initiated Referrals).
Source Note:The provisions of this §271.77 adopted to be effective August 31, 2004, 29 TexReg 8376; amended to be effective May 23, 2016, 41 TexReg 3749; transferred effective September 15, 2023, as published in the August 18, 2023, issue of the Texas Register, 48 TexReg 4523; amended to be effective September 10, 2025, 50 TexReg 5936.