Texas Health and Safety Code

Sec. § 534.122
Criteria for Providing Funds for Start-up Costs


(a)

The executive commissioner by rule shall develop criteria to regulate the provision of payment to a private provider for start-up costs associated with the development of residential and other community services for persons with an intellectual disability.

(b)

The criteria shall provide that start-up funds be awarded only as a last resort and shall include provisions relating to:

(1)

the purposes for which start-up funds may be used;

(2)

the ownership of capital property and equipment obtained by the use of start-up funds; and

(3)

the obligation of the private provider to repay the start-up funds awarded by the department by direct repayment or by providing services for a period agreed to by the parties.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.
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