Search Providers

HHSC is mandated to create and provide nursing facilities with one of the posters required by Texas Administrative Code, Title 26, Part 1, Chapter 554, §554.1921(e), the notice of how to file a complaint, giving the toll-free telephone number. This page provides information on how to obtain these posters.

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

The purpose of this letter is to provide guidance to local intellectual and developmental disability authorities (LIDDAs) and Home and Community-based Services (HCS) Program providers regarding implementation of the federal Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) settings regulations.

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following trainings hosted in February. Please verify if registering for a webinar or in-person class.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued QSO-23-05-NH and QSO-23-06-ALL.

HHSC will submit a final Statewide Transition Plan (STP) to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The STP is posted for public comment.

A recording of the Jan. 11 assisted living facility updates webinar with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation is now available.

Following the repeal of the Assisted Living Facility COVID-19 Emergency Rules, HHSC Long-term Care Regulation (LTCR) has retired the COVID-19 Response Plan for ALFs and the ALF Frequently Asked Questions document, effective Jan. 10, 2023.

IL 2023-03 is posted to the HHS site for HCS, TxHmL, LIDDA, FMSA and EVV.

HHSC Long-Term Care Regulation and DSHS will host a Nursing Facility Provider Webinar on Wednesday, Jan. 25, from 2–4 p.m.

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following trainings hosted in January.

A recording of the Dec. 14 nursing facility updates webinar with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation and the Department of State Health Services is now available.

HHSC encourages long-term care facilities and agencies to review and update emergency plans for freezing temperatures and snow.

The Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has released a Spanish version of the current Out-of-Hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate (OOH DNR) order.

HHSC is sharing a communication tool that can be used to enhance communications between Long-term Care (LTC) providers and dialysis facilities.