Section 161.153 - Eligibility(a) A person is eligible to participate in the program if the person: (1) is the primary caregiver for a person who:(A) is related to the caregiver within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity;(B) has a chronic serious health condition or disability;(C) requires assistance with one or more activities of daily living; and(D) is not eligible for or not able to participate in any other existing program that provides respite services; and(2) meets criteria specified in rules adopted by the executive commissioner.(b) The executive commissioner may not specify criteria that limit a person's eligibility based on the type of chronic serious health condition or disability of the person receiving care.Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 161.153
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 330, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2009.