15.246 - CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
15.246 CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
The department shall establish and administer a case management
program, contingent upon the availability of funds authorized for the
program, and conducted in coordination with other state or federal
programs providing financial or technical assistance administered by
the department. The case management program shall assist in
furnishing information about available assistance to clients seeking
to establish or expand small business ventures, furnishing
information about available financial or technical assistance,
evaluating small business venture proposals, completing viable
business start-up or expansion plans, and completing applications for
financial or technical assistance under the programs administered by
the department.
In administering the program, the department may contract with
service providers to deliver case management assistance under this
section. A service provider may be any entity which the department
determines is qualified to deliver case management assistance,
including a state agency, a private for-profit or not-for-profit
corporation, or other association or organization. The department
shall establish rules necessary to carry out this section, including
schedules for providing contract payments to service providers, based
on the number of hours of case management assistance provided to a
client. Section History: Recent Form
88 Acts, ch 1098, §2; 2001 Acts, ch 61, §6; 2003 Acts, ch 71, §2
Referred to in § 15.108