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Information on how to become a licensed Nursing Facility provider in Texas.

Texas HHSC, along with the University of Texas Steve Hicks School of Social Work, will host the 2023 Quality in Long-Term Care Conference in person at the Renaissance Hotel in Austin on Aug. 22–23.

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

HHSC in partnership with Simple Long-term Care will be hosting two webinar trainings for nursing facilities to review the updated Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) Level 1 Screening Form (PL1) deploying June 30, 2023.

Long-term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following webinars hosted in June.

Long-term Care Regulation staff and program. providers are invited to attend the following in-person classes in June and July.

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

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued revised Quality Safety & Oversight Memo (QSO) 20-39-NH Nursing Home Visitation – COVID-19 and allows QSO-20-38-NH on COVID-19 Long-term Care (LTC) Facility Testing to expire.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued memo QSO-23-13-ALL which outlines the expiration of emergency waivers issued during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) related to the minimum health and safety requirements for nursing facility (NF) providers.

Texas HHSC, along with The University of Texas Steve Hicks School of Social Work, will host the 2023 Quality in Long-Term Care Conference in person at the Renaissance Hotel in Austin on Aug. 22–23.

The federal waiver allowing temporary nurse aides to work longer than four months without certification ends May 11.

Long-term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following webinar trainings hosted in May.

Long-term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following in-person webinar trainings hosted in May.

A recording of the April 20 Day Activity and Health Services Provider webinar with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation is now available.

CMS rescinded memorandum QSO-20-31-ALL, the Enhanced Enforcement for Infection Control Deficiencies, and replaced it with memorandum QSO-23-10-NH, revised guidance for Strengthened Enhanced Enforcement for Infection Control Deficiencies.