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Reports and statistics documenting Early Childhood Intervention programs.

Information about the licensing and regulation of nursing facilities (NFs) in Texas.

A recording of the March 8 nursing facility updates webinar with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation and the Department of State Health Services is now available.

The Early Childhood Intervention program is seeking public comment on the yearly application for funding under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part C.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has indicated that the blanket waiver, allowing temporary nurse aides to work for longer than four months without completing their Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Program (NATCEP) or Competency Evaluation Program (CEP), will end May 11, 2023.

HHSC reviews Medicaid bed allocation and deallocates Medicaid beds from nursing facilities (NFs) who are not utilizing them at the level defined in 26 TAC §554.2322(j)(5).

Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is accepting comments from stakeholders on the following draft rules.

HHSC has published IL 2023-11 to the CLASS, DMBD, HCS and TxHmL websites, stating that the federal COVID-19 public health emergency will end May 11, 2023.

The Texas Culture Change Coalition will host their in-person Spring 2023 conference titled, Texans Coming Together for Residents, for Staff, for All.

Assisted living facility providers should attend this and all webinars with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation.

FEI Systems recently updated the content covered in the monthly CIMS Provider Demonstrations.

HHSC has adopted rules in the Deaf-Blind with Multiple Disabilities (DBMD) Program, effective Feb. 26, 2023. The rules implement the federal Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) settings requirements and moved the DBMD Program rules from the Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Title 40, Social Services and Assistance to Title 26, Health and Human Services .

HHSC has adopted rules in the Community Living Assistance and Support Services (CLASS) Program, effective Jan. 30, 2023.

HHSC has become aware of a nation-wide scheme involving the sale of false and fraudulent nursing degree diplomas and transcripts from accredited Florida-based nursing schools, which were then used by individuals to obtain nursing licensure in various states.