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This webpage provides planning and response information, resources and strategies that can assist the area agencies on aging network to better prepare for and respond to all types of emergencies, disasters, epidemics and pandemics.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) Office of Area Agencies on Aging (OAAA) applies for grants funded by Administration for Community Living (ACL). These are the State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIP) and Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) grants. In Texas, SHIP is called the Health Information, Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP). Both grants serve Medicare beneficiaries in all 254 counties across Texas. The SHIP grant has existed since 1992 and the MIPPA grant was implemented in 2008 to support the SHIP efforts.

Texas Area Agencies on Aging procedural information.

Information about Texas Area Agencies on Aging Texas Benefits Counseling Program

Advance care planning means planning ahead for how you want to be treated if you are very ill or near death. This page provides information about that process for both providers and consumers.

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

Information for Community Living Assistance and Support Services (CLASS) program providers in Texas

Licensing and regulation information for Home and Community-based Services (HCS) program providers in Texas.

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

HHSC Intellectual and Developmental Disability Services has published a memo to the local IDD authorities outlining their role after Long-term Care Regulation identifies a potential threat.

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following in-person classes hosted in April, May and June

The March 20 CLASS/DBMD quarterly presentation and webinar recordings are now available.

HHSC has updated two lists of nursing facilities that have not met the initial conditions of participation for the Quality Incentive Payment Program state fiscal year (SFY) 2024 program year.

HHAeXchange is hosting an Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Town Hall Webinar on Thursday, April 25, from 1–3 p.m. Central time for program providers and financial management services agencies (FMSAs) who use HHAeXchange as their EVV system.

Dental treatment claims submitted to TMHP with dates of service after May 1, 2022, will be included as part of the provider fiscal compliance review process for Home and Community-based Services (HCS) and Texas Home Living (TxHmL) program providers.