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.