Texas Register
Vol. 21 No. 61
August 20, 1996
Pages 7773-7922

*****ATTORNEY GENERAL*****
Opinions.....7779
Open Records Request.....7779
*****PROPOSED RULES*****
Public Utility Commission of Texas 
Substantive Rules
16 TAC sec.23.3.....7781
16 TAC sec.23.41.....7781
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
Boxing
16 TAC sec.61.109.....7782
Texas Department of Health
Waiver Program for Medically Dependent Children (MDCP)
25 TAC sec.34.1.....7783
25 TAC sec.34.3.....7785
25 TAC sec.34.3, sec.34.4.....7785
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Fisheries
31 TAC sec.sec.57.161-57.163.....7786
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Funds Management (Fiscal Affairs)
34 TAC sec.5.55.....7786
34 TAC sec.5.151.....7787
Texas State Treasury Department
Electronic Transfer of Payments to the Texas State Treasury Department
34 TAC sec.16.1, sec.16.3.....7787
Employees Retirement System of Texas
Deferred Compensation
sec.sec.87.1, 87.7, 87.9, 87.11, 87.13, 87.15, 87.17, 87.19.....7788
Texas Department of Human Services
Medicaid Eligibility
40 TAC sec.15.461.....7791
Nursing Facility Requirements for Licensure and Medicaid Certification
40 TAC sec.19.2129.....7792
*****WITHDRAWN RULES*****
Texas Department of Health
Health Maintenance Organizations
25 TAC sec.119.26, sec.119.27.....7793
25 TAC sec.119.91.....7793
Texas Department on Aging
Area Agency Administrative Requirements
40 TAC sec.260.2.....7793
General Service Requirements
40 TAC sec.270.2.....7793
40 TAC sec.270.5.....7793
40 TAC sec.270.6.....7794
*****ADOPTED RULES*****
Texas Department of Agriculture
Quarantines
4 TAC sec.sec.5.1-5.6.....7795
4 TAC sec.sec.5.21-5.26.....7795
4 TAC sec.sec.5.41-5.46.....7796
4 TAC sec.5.51.....7796
4 TAC sec.sec.5.61-5.63, 5.65-5.70, 5.72-5.75.....7796
4 TAC sec.sec.5.81-5.87.....7796
4 TAC sec.sec.5.121-5.125.....7797
4 TAC sec.sec.5.131-5.135.....7797
4 TAC sec.sec.5.141-5.144.....7797
4 TAC sec.sec.5.151-5.156.....7798
4 TAC sec.sec.5.191-5.197.....7798
4 TAC sec.sec.5.300-5.303.....7798
4 TAC sec.sec.5.400-5.408.....7799
Plant Quality
4 TAC 9.1 9.2, 9.4-9.6.....7799
4 TAC sec.sec.9.10-9.14.....7799
4 TAC sec.9.40.....7800
Seed Quality
4 TAC sec.9.1.....7800
4 TAC sec.9.2, sec.9.3.....7801
4 TAC sec.9.4, sec.9.5.....7801
4 TAC sec.9.6, sec.9.7.....7801
4 TAC sec.9.12, sec.9.13.....7801
Seed Division
4 TAC sec.sec.19.1-19.14.....7801
Quarantines
4 TAC sec.sec.19.1-19.8.....7802
4 TAC sec.sec.19.20-19.23.....7802
4 TAC sec.sec.19.30-19.33.....7802
4 TAC sec.sec.19.40-19.43.....7803
4 TAC sec.sec.19.50-19.53.....7803
4 TAC sec.sec.19.60-19.63.....7804
4 TAC sec.sec.19.70-19.73.....7804
4 TAC sec.19.80, sec.19.81.....7804
4 TAC sec.19.90, sec.19.91.....7805
4 TAC sec.sec.19.100-19.103.....7805
4 TAC sec.sec.19.110-19.113.....7805
4 TAC sec.sec.19.120-19.123.....7806
4 TAC sec.sec.19.130-19.133.....7806
4 TAC sec.sec.19.140-19.143.....7807
Public Utility Commission of Texas 
Substantive Rules
16 TAC sec.23.32.....7807
Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Licenses and Renewals
22 TAC sec.73.2.....7808
Investigations
22 TAC sec.76.3.....7808
Texas Department of Health
Health Maintenance Organizations
sec.sec.119.1-119.15.....7833
sec.sec.119.1-119.4.....7833
sec.sec.119.21-119.25.....7839
25 TAC sec.sec.119.51-119.56.....7842
25 TAC sec.119.71.....7845
Food and Drug
25 TAC sec.sec.229.141, 229.142, 229.145-229.148, 229.150-229.152.....7845
Texas Department of Insurance
Trade Practices
28 TAC sec.21.901.....7851
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Parks
31 TAC sec.sec.59.221-59.236.....7852
31 TAC sec.59.251.....7853
Wildlife
31 TAC sec.sec.65.311-65.317.....7854
31 TAC sec.sec.65.311-65.316, 65.319, 65.320.....7854
31 TAC sec.sec.65.331-65.336.....7857
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Tax Administration
34 TAC sec.3.544.....7857
Texas Department of Human Services
Medicaid Eligibility
40 TAC sec.15.425.....7857
40 TAC sec.15.455.....7858
Nursing Facility Requirements for Licensure and Medicaid Certification
40 TAC sec.19.204.....7859
40 TAC sec.19.1921, sec.19.1929.....7860
40 TAC sec.19.1929.....7860
40 TAC sec.19.2112.....7860
Nursing Facilities Requirements for Licensure and Medicaid Certification
40 TAC sec.sec.19.1801-19.1807, 19.1810.....7862
40 TAC sec.sec.19.1980-19.1809.....7864
40 TAC sec.sec.19.2701-19.2703.....7864
Cost Determination Process
40 TAC sec.sec.20.101-20.111.....7866
Reimbursement Methodology
40 TAC sec.sec.24.101-24.102.....7888
40 TAC sec.24.101.....7888
40 TAC sec.24.201.....7888
40 TAC sec.24.301.....7888
40 TAC sec.24.401.....7888
40 TAC sec.24.501.....7889
40 TAC sec.24.601.....7889
Residential Care Program
40 TAC sec.46.7001.....7889
40 TAC sec.sec.46.7001, sec.46.7002.....7890
Primary Home Care
40 TAC sec.47.5901, sec.47.5902.....7890
Community Care for Aged and Disabled
40 TAC sec.48.2613, sec.48.2614.....7890
40 TAC sec.48.6020.....7891
40 TAC sec.48.6020, sec.48.6021.....7891
40 TAC sec.sec.48.9801, 48.9802, 48.9805, 48.9806, 48.9808, 48.9809 .....7891
40 TAC sec.48.9805.....7892
Day Activity and Health Services
40 TAC sec.sec.50.6901-50.6907.....7892
Emergency Response Services
40 TAC sec.52.502, sec.52.504.....7896
*****TABLES AND GRAPHICS*****
Tables and Graphics.....7897
*****OPEN MEETINGS*****
State Office of Administrative Hearings
Monday, November 4, 1996, 9:00 a.m......7899
Texas Department of Agriculture
Tuesday, August 20, 1996, 1:30 p.m......7899
Wednesday, August 21, 1996, 1:00 p.m. and Thursday, August 22, 1996, 8:00 
a.m......7899
Thursday, August 22, 1996, 10:00 a.m......7900
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (TCADA)
Monday, August 26, 1996, 1:00 p.m......7900
Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners 
Tuesday, August 20, 1996, 2:00 p.m......7900
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Monday, August 26, 1996, 10:00 a.m.....7900
State Board of Dental Examiners
Friday, August 23, and Saturday, August 24, 1996, 8:30 a.m......7900
Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention
Thursday, August 22, 1996, 9:00 a.m......7901
East Texas State University
Friday, August 23, 1996, 9:00 a.m......7901
Office of the Governor
Thursday, August 22, 1996, 9:30 a.m......7901
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Wednesday, August 21, 1996, 9:30 a.m......7902
Wednesday, August 21, 1996, 9:30 a.m......7902
Thursday, September 5, 1996, 10:00 a.m......7902
Thursday, September 5, 1996, 10:00 a.m......7902
Monday, September 9, 1996, 10:00 a.m......7902
Tuesday, September 10, 1996, 10:00 a.m......7903
Wednesday, September 11, 1996, 10:00 a.m......7903
Thursday, September 12, 1996, 10:00 a.m......7903
Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners 
Thursday, August 22, 1996, 9:30 a.m......7903
Texas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies
Thursday, August 22, 1996, 8:30 a.m......7904
Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association
Thursday, August 22, 1996, 9:00 a.m......7904
Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
Thursday, August 22, 1996, 10:30 a.m......7904
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Wednesday, August 21, 1996, 9:00 a.m......7904
Wednesday, August 21, 1996, 9:00 a.m......7905
Friday, August 30, 1996, 9:00 a.m......7905
Railroad Commission of Texas
Tuesday, August 20, 1996, 8:30 a.m......7905
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center & Texas Tech University
Tuesday, August 20, 1996, 8:30 a.m......7905
Tuesday, August 20, 1996, 1:00 p.m......7906
Tuesday, August 20, 1996, 1:00 p.m......7906
Tuesday, August 20, 1996, 1:00 p.m......7906
Tuesday, August 20, 1996, 2:00 p.m......7907
Texas Woman's University Board of Regents 
Thursday, August 22, 1996, 1:00 p.m......7907
Thursday, August 22, 1996, 2:00 p.m......7907
Friday, August 23, 1996, 9:00 a.m......7907
Friday, August 23, 1996, 10:00 a.m......7907
Friday, August 23, 1996, 1:00 p.m......7908
Texas Workforce Commission
Tuesday, August 20, 1996, 9:00 a.m......7908
Regional Meetings
Meetings Filed August 12, 1996.....7908
Meetings Filed August 13, 1996.....7909
Meetings Filed August 14, 1996.....7909
*****IN ADDITION*****
Texas Department on Aging
Notice of Request for Proposals.....7911
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Summary of Public Comments from the Block Grant Hearings.....7911
Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation 
Notice of Public Hearing.....7913
Texas Court Reporters Certification Board 
Cerification of Court Reporters.....7913
Texas Education Agency
Request for Applications Concerning High Schools that Work Project for 1996-
1999.....7913
Request for Proposals Concerning Production of Braille Textbook Copies for Texas 
Public Schools .....7914
Request for Proposals Concerning Production of Braille Textbook Masters for 
Texas Public Schools.....7914
Request for Proposals Concerning Production of Large Type Textbooks for Texas 
Public Schools.....7915
Texas Department of Insurance
Insurer Services.....7915
Notice of Application by Methodist Health Care, Inc......7916
Notice of Call for Issues Related to Biennial Title Hearing.....7916
Third Party Administratory Applications.....7916
Legislative Budget Board and Governor's Office of Budget and Planning
Schedule for Joint Budget Hearings (for the period of August 26-30, 1996) on 
Appropriations Requests for the 1998-1999 Biennium.....7916
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Extension of Deadline for Written Comments.....7917
Notice of Opportunity to Comment on Default Orders of Administrative Enforcement 
Actions.....7917
Notices of Opportunity to Comment on Settlement Agreements of Administrative 
Enforcement Actions.....7917
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Notices of Intent to File Pursuant to Substantive Rule sec.23.27.....7919
Notice of Intent to File Pursuant to Substantive Rule sec.23.28.....7921
Statewide Health Coordinating Council (SHCC)
Texas State Health Plan Update-Request for Public Comment.....7921
Texas Department of Transportation
Public Notice.....7922