Texas Administrative Code › Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION › Chapter 550 - LICENSING STANDARDS FOR PRESCRIBED PEDIATRIC EXTENDED CARE CENTERS › Subchapter B - LICENSING APPLICATION, MAINTENANCE, AND FEES › Section 550.114 - Time Periods for Processing All Types of License Applications

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The date of an
				  application is the date the DADS Licensing and Credentialing Unit receives the
				  application and the correct license fee as required in § 550.112 of this
				  subchapter (relating to Licensing Fees).
(b) DADS considers an application for an
				  initial license complete when DADS accepts the information described in §
				  550.105 of this subchapter (relating to Initial License Application Procedures
				  and Issuance).
(c) DADS considers
				  an application for a renewal license complete when DADS accepts the information
				  described in § 550.106 of this subchapter (relating to Renewal License
				  Application Procedures and Issuance). A center may continue to operate during
				  the renewal application process in accordance with § 550.106 of this
				  subchapter.
(d) DADS considers an
				  application for a change of ownership license complete when DADS accepts the
				  information described in § 550.108 of this subchapter (relating to Change
				  of Ownership License Application Procedures and Issuance).
(e) DADS reviews an application for a license
				  no later than 45 days after the date DADS Licensing and Credentialing Unit
				  receives the application.
(f) If an
				  applicant receives a notice from DADS that some or all of the information
				  required by this chapter is missing or incomplete, an applicant must submit the
				  required information no later than 30 days after the date of the notice. If an
				  applicant fails to submit the required information no later than 30 days after
				  the notice date, DADS considers the application incomplete and denies the
				  application. If DADS denies the application, DADS does not refund the license
				  fee.
(g) DADS denies an application
				  that remains incomplete 120 days after the date that DADS Licensing and
				  Credentialing Unit receives the application.
(h) DADS issues a license no later than 30
				  days after DADS determines that an applicant and the center have met all
				  licensure requirements referenced in § 550.105 and § 550.106 of this
				  subchapter, as applicable.
(i) If
				  DADS does not process an application in the time period described in
				  subsections (e) and (h) of this section, an applicant may request reimbursement
				  of the license fee paid. The applicant must submit the reimbursement request
				  following the instructions on the DADS website.
(j) If DADS does not agree that the
				  established time period for processing an application described in subsection
				  (e) of this section has been violated or finds that good cause existed for
				  exceeding the established time period, DADS will deny the request.
(k) Good cause for exceeding the established
				  time period exists if:
(1) DADS receives an
				  application during the time period of September 1, 2014 through June 30,
				  2015;
(2) the number of
				  applications to be processed exceeds by 15 percent or more the number processed
				  in the same fiscal quarter of the preceding year effective when DADS has
				  obtained and published two quarters of application data;
(3) DADS must rely on another public or
				  private entity to process all or a part of the application received by DADS,
				  and the delay is caused by that entity; or
(4) other conditions existed giving good
				  cause for exceeding the established time period.