MEMORANDUM TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES TO: Chair and Members Department of Family and Protective Services Council FROM: John J. Specia, Jr. Commissioner SUBJECT: Agenda Item 5c : Informational Item on rule changes in 1 TAC, Subchapter H, Reimbursement Methodology For 24-Hour Child Care Facilities, §355.7103 Rate-Setting Methodology for 24-Hour Residential Child-Care Reimbursements June 14, 2013 DATE: BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This proposal incorporates changes regarding uniform cost report excusal procedures in §355.7103 that were proposed in the April 26, 2013, issue of the (38 TexReg Texas Register 2591) and subsequently were withdrawn. HHSC, its authority and responsibility to administer and implement rates, proposes to amend §355.7103 to reference the uniform cost report excusal rules and to outline how the Residential Child-Care (24 RCC) rates effective September 1, 2013, will be determined. Cost Report Excusals: Normally, all providers are expected to submit a cost report. However, there are circumstances when a provider automatically may be excused from submission of a cost report. Section 355.7103(f)(4) specifies the cost report excusal requirements for the 24 RCC program. In 2012, uniform cost report excusal requirements for all programs, including 24 RCC, were incorporated into §355.105, General Reporting and Documentation Requirements, Methods, and Procedures. The cost report excusal requirements for 24 RCC in §355.7103 are now obsolete and are proposed for removal. Circumstances in §355.105 under which HHSC may excuse 24 RCC providers from the requirement to submit a cost report include the following: - if there were no billable services provided during the provider’s cost-reporting period; - if the cost-reporting period be less than or equal to 30 calendar days or one entire calendar month; - if circumstances beyond the control of the provider make cost-report completion impossible, such as the loss of records due to natural disasters or removal of records from the provider's custody by a regulatory agency;
MEMORANDUM TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES TO: Chair and Members Department of Family and Protective Services Council FROM: John J. Specia, Jr. Commissioner SUBJECT: Agenda Item 5c : Informational Item on rule changes in 1 TAC, Subchapter H, Reimbursement Methodology For 24-Hour Child Care Facilities, §355.7103 Rate-Setting Methodology for 24-Hour Residential Child-Care Reimbursements DATE: June 14, 2013 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This proposal incorporates changes regarding uniform cost report excusal procedures in §355.7103 that were proposed in the April 26, 2013, issue of the Texas Register (38 TexReg 2591) and subsequently were withdrawn. HHSC, its authority and responsibility to administer and implement rates, proposes to amend §355.7103 to reference the uniform cost report excusal rules and to outline how the Residential Child-Care (24 RCC) rates effective September 1, 2013, will be determined. Cost Report Excusals: Normally, all providers are expected to submit a cost report. However, there are circumstances when a provider automatically may be excused from submission of a cost report. Section 355.7103(f)(4) specifies the cost report excusal requirements for the 24 RCC program. In 2012, uniform cost report excusal requirements for all programs, including 24 RCC, were incorporated into §355.105, General Reporting and Documentation Requirements, Methods, and Procedures. The cost report excusal requirements for 24 RCC in §355.7103 are now obsolete and are proposed for removal. Circumstances in §355.105 under which HHSC may excuse 24 RCC providers from the requirement to submit a cost report include the following: - if there were no billable services provided during the provider’s cost-reporting period; - if the cost-reporting period be less than or equal to 30 calendar days or one entire calendar month; - if circumstances beyond the control of the provider make cost-report completion impossible, such as the loss of records due to natural disasters or removal of records from the provider's custody by a regulatory agency;