40 Tex. Admin. Code § 707.851

Current through Reg. 49, No. 45; November 8, 2024
Section 707.851 - Can due process hearings be combined?

Yes. An administrative law judge (ALJ) may combine hearings that involve issues related to the same decision or action, including hearings from different agencies that are related. For example, if Child Care Licensing (CCL) takes an adverse action against your operation based on a finding of child abuse, neglect, or exploitation that we made, and you request a due process hearing on the abuse, neglect, or exploitation finding as well as the adverse action, then the ALJ may combine the hearing to listen to these related issues at the same time. Another example is when three different individuals are designated as perpetrators of abuse, neglect, or exploitation based on the same incident, and all three individuals request a due process hearing. In this situation, the ALJ may combine all three hearings to listen to the related abuse, neglect, or exploitation issues at the same time. However, the ALJ's judgment must reflect a determination on all of the individual due process requests before the ALJ.

40 Tex. Admin. Code § 707.851

Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 28, July 10, 2020, TexReg 4802, eff. 7/15/2020