1. (a) If DADS terminates ERS, a provider may be paid for the last month of service, regardless of how many days of service were provided that month, if:

   1. (1) the provider has already conducted a system check that month before the termination of services;
   2. (2) the provider conducted a system check on the day it picked up the equipment; or

   3. (3) the provider could not complete a system check because:

      1. (A) the individual's telephone was disconnected;
      2. (B) the individual damaged the equipment;
      3. (C) the equipment was picked up at a location other than the individual's home; or
      4. (D) the individual changed his telephone number or address without allowing the provider to remove the equipment from the individual's home.

2. (b) The provider must:

   1. (1) document the results of the final system check; or
   2. (2) document the reason the provider was unable to complete a system check.

Source Note:The provisions of this §279.101 adopted to be effective March 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 1307; transferred effective July 1, 2021, as published in the June 11, 2021 issue of the Texas Register, 46 TexReg 3617.