Sec. 142.0012. CONTROLLING PERSON. (a) A person is a controlling person if the person, acting alone or with others, has the ability to directly or indirectly influence, direct, or cause the direction of the management, expenditure of money, or policies of a home and community support services agency or other person.
(b) For purposes of this chapter, "controlling person" includes:
(1) a management company or other business entity that operates or contracts with others for the operation of a home and community support services agency;
(2) a person who is a controlling person of a management company or other business entity that operates a home and community support services agency or that contracts with another person for the operation of a home and community support services agency; and
(3) any other individual who, because of a personal, familial, or other relationship with the owner, manager, or provider of a home and community support services agency, is in a position of actual control or authority with respect to the agency, without regard to whether the individual is formally named as an owner, manager, director, officer, provider, consultant, contractor, or employee of the agency.
(c) A controlling person described by Subsection (b)(3) does not include an employee, lender, secured creditor, or other person who does not exercise formal or actual influence or control over the operation of a home and community support services agency.
(d) The executive commissioner may adopt rules that specify the ownership interests and other relationships that qualify a person as a controlling person.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 276, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0397, eff. April 2, 2015.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle G - Licenses and Other Regulation
Chapter 142 - Home and Community Support Services
Subchapter A. Home and Community Support Services License
Section 142.0011. Scope, Purpose, and Implementation
Section 142.0012. Controlling Person
Section 142.002. License Required
Section 142.0025. Temporary License
Section 142.003. Exemptions From Licensing Requirement
Section 142.004. License Application
Section 142.005. Compliance Record in Other States
Section 142.006. License Issuance; Term
Section 142.0061. Possession of Sterile Water or Saline
Section 142.0062. Possession of Certain Vaccines or Tuberculin
Section 142.0063. Possession of Certain Dangerous Drugs
Section 142.0065. Display of License
Section 142.007. Notice of Drug Testing Policy
Section 142.008. Branch Office
Section 142.0085. Alternate Delivery Site License
Section 142.009. Surveys; Consumer Complaints
Section 142.0092. Consumer Complaint Data
Section 142.0093. Retaliation Prohibited
Section 142.0094. Use of Regulatory Survey Reports and Other Documents
Section 142.0104. Change in Application Information
Section 142.0105. License Renewal
Section 142.011. Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of License
Section 142.012. Powers and Duties
Section 142.014. Civil Penalty
Section 142.0145. Violation of Law Relating to Advance Directives
Section 142.017. Administrative Penalty
Section 142.0171. Notice; Request for Hearing
Section 142.0172. Hearing; Order
Section 142.0173. Notice and Payment of Administrative Penalty; Judicial Review; Refund
Section 142.0174. Use of Administrative Penalty
Section 142.0175. Expenses and Costs for Collection of Civil or Administrative Penalty
Section 142.018. Reports of Abuse, Exploitation, or Neglect
Section 142.019. Certain Physician Referrals Prohibited
Section 142.020. Disposal of Special or Medical Waste
Section 142.0201. Registration for Evacuation; Disaster Preparedness