Section 26.204 - Filing of Documents(a) To be considered, written documentation relating to a pending appeal must be filed with the department's docket clerk within the time prescribed in this section. Documents are filed only when received by the department's docket clerk. A document received after 5:00 p.m. Central Time on a business day is filed on the next business day.(b) Parties to an appeal have the right to review any documentary materials submitted to the department's docket clerk. A party filing written materials with the docket clerk must serve, at the same time, a copy of the written materials on every other party or such party's representative or attorney of record.(c) In all matters, except SFSP appeals and suspension reviews, an appellant must file written materials with the docket clerk within thirty (30) calendar days of the appellant's receipt, or deemed receipt, of the notice of action.(d) In SFSP appeals, an appellant must file written materials with the docket clerk within seven (7) calendar days of submitting the appeal.(e) In suspension reviews relating to false or fraudulent claims, an appellant must file written materials with the docket clerk within ten (10) calendar days of the appellant's receipt, or deemed receipt, of the notice of action.(f) Documents may be filed with the docket clerk, and served on a party or such party's representative or attorney of record, by any of the filing methods specified in § 26.203(b) of this subchapter (relating to Appeal Procedures).(g) Service to the appellant or its representative shall be made to the appellant or representative's last known mailing address, email address, or facsimile number as shown by the department's records.(h) Parties and their representatives shall immediately notify the ARO and all parties of any change in mailing address, email address, or telephone or facsimile number.4 Tex. Admin. Code § 26.204
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 46, November 18, 2022, TexReg 7660, eff. 11/27/2022