1. (a) To continue receiving services, the client must meet the Community Care Services Eligibility (CCSE) requirements at the time of recertification of financial eligibility and reassessment of needs.

2. (b) An applicant whose services were terminated in the past due to the applicant or someone in the applicant's home being a threat to the health or safety of the client, HHSC staff, or provider agency staff may authorize services if the applicant signs a form authorizing release of information, and:

   1. (1) the applicant or person in the home who posed the threat has been treated or is receiving treatment by a licensed or certified physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist and can furnish a letter saying that the applicant or person is no longer a threat to self or others; or
   2. (2) the applicant or person in the home allows a collateral contact with the applicant's or person in the home's physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist, and the contact indicates that the applicant or person in the home is no longer a threat to self or others; or
   3. (3) the person in the home who posed the threat no longer poses the threat.

Source Note:The provisions of this §271.153 adopted to be effective March 29, 1982, 7 TexReg 1193; amended to be effective March 22, 1983, 8 TexReg 842; amended to be effective April 15, 1990, 15 TexReg 205; amended to be effective January 1, 1996, 20 TexReg 9748; 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.