1. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission (commission) is responsible for distributing state assistance to eligible counties to the extent appropriated state funds are available.

2. (b) The commission distributes funds to eligible counties based on a maximum annual allocation.

   1. (1) The maximum annual allocation will be based on such factors as spending history, population, and the number of residents living below the Federal Poverty Guideline.
   2. (2) The commission-established allocation of the state assistance funds will distinguish the amount of funds allocated between the counties that were eligible and received state assistance funds the prior state fiscal year, and other potentially eligible counties.
   3. (3) The commission may reallocate the unspent funds to eligible counties, up to the appropriated state assistance funds available for each county.
   4. (4) No county can be approved for more than the legislatively mandated or commission-established percent of the appropriated state assistance fund within a state fiscal year.

Source Note:The provisions of this §363.1 adopted to be effective April 1, 2004, 29 TexReg 3177; amended to be effective February 28, 2008, 33 TexReg 1549; transferred effective March 1, 2022, as published in the Texas Register February 11, 2022, 47 TexReg 673; amended to be effective September 18, 2024, 49 TexReg 7328.