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HHSC is responsible for developing rules that establish minimum standards for licensing procedures, operational requirements, standards for voluntary agreements, enforcement procedures, fire prevention and safety requirements, and physical plant and construction requirements for private psychiatric hospitals and crisis stabilization units.

The HHS Centralized Background Check Unit is required to do background checks to find out if a person has a criminal history or an abuse and neglect history that might be a risk to the health and safety of children. Background checks are required for Child Care providers, Residential Child Care providers, and Foster and adoptive homes.

Provider information for Texas ADRCs

To ensure that ALF licensure applicants can meet the requirement to become licensed, HHSC has created this online computer-based training.

How to become a DAHS provider in Texas.

Licensing and regulatory information for Day Activity & Health Services (DAHS) providers in Texas.

Information about how to become an Assisted Living Facility (ALF) provider in Texas

Texas local intellectual and developmental disability authorities (LIDDAs) provider information.

Information about permanency planning for children.

IDD Program Eligibility & Support (IDD PES) has both advisors and reviewers. Reviewers can help with level of care determinations.

Information about the licensing and regulation of assisted living facilities (ALFs) in Texas.

HHSC Long-term Care Regulation will host a webinar for DAHS providers on May 9, from 11 a.m.–noon.

The Texas Department of Health and Human Services and the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing are pleased to announce a collaborative effort to improve long-term care in Texas.