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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.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation, Licensing and Credentialing
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Program contact information for STAP vendors.
Topics: Assistive Services Providers, Contact
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STAP Vendor Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), contains the most commonly asked questions by program vendors.
Topics: Disability, Assistive Services Providers
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The Specialized Telecommunications Assistance Program (STAP) helps people who have a disability that interferes with their access to telephone networks purchase basic specialized assistive equipment or services.
Topics: Assistive Services Providers, Disability
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Provider information for Texas ADRCs
Topics: Aging, Long-term Care Providers, Disability
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Topics: Licensing and Credentialing, Mental Health
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Texas local intellectual and developmental disability authorities (LIDDAs) provider information.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
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Medicaid home and community-based services provide opportunities for people to receive long-term services and supports in their own home or community, rather than in an institution or isolated setting.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
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Information about permanency planning for children.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
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Texas Health and Human Services contracts with licensed agencies to provide personal assistance services to people who have physical disabilities who are mentally and emotionally competent and willing to supervise their attendant or have someone who can supervise the attendant for them. The individual interviews, selects, trains, supervises and releases their personal assistants. Health-related tasks are prescribed by physician.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
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Information for Texas Medically Dependent Children Program (MDCP) Providers
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
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IDD Program Eligibility & Support (IDD PES) has both advisors and reviewers. Reviewers can help with level of care determinations.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsApril 26, 2024
Effective April 22, Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) program providers, financial management services agencies (FMSAs), and Consumer Direct Services (CDS) employers who use HHAeXchange as their EVV system may now perform visit maintenance processes for dates of service prior to their go-live date with HHAeXchange.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsApril 25, 2024
EVV policy does not require program providers and financial management services agencies (FMSAs) to enter schedules into the EVV system, however, each program has its own requirements related to schedules.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsApril 18, 2024
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.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers