Sec. 264.1063. MONITORING PERFORMANCE OF SUBSTITUTE CARE AND CASE MANAGEMENT PROVIDERS

(a) The department, in consultation with substitute care providers under contract with the department to provide substitute care or case management services, shall establish a quality assurance program that uses comprehensive, multitiered assurance and improvement systems to evaluate performance.

(b) The contract performance outcomes specified in a contract under Section 264.106 must be within the contractor's authority to deliver. The contract must clearly define the manner in which the substitute care or case management provider's performance will be measured and identify the information sources the department will use to evaluate the performance.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 268 , Sec. 1.47, eff. September 1, 2005. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1406 , Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2007.