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

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.

Listing of handbooks and forms for nursing facility providers in Texas

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.

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.

The term "negotiated rulemaking" specifies a particular process to be used to draft a proposed rule. This process provides for a group of 12-15 stakeholders who represent differing interests affected by the proposed rule to negotiate and potentially reach agreement on a proposed rule.

Electronic Visit Verification is a computer-based system that verifies the occurrence of authorized personal attendant service visits by electronically documenting the precise time a service delivery visit begins and ends. Texas requires EVV for certain Medicaid funded home and community-based services provided through HHSC and MCOs.

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

Trainings on the Outcome Assessment Information Set (OASIS) for home health agencies (HHAs) for which CMS Conditions of Participation (CoPs) apply.

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

HHSC published a notice on Dec. 4, 2024, about the EVV Proprietary System Operator Onboarding Process Overview and Timeline to the TMHP EVV Proprietary Systems webpage

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing are offering eight free web-based modules to deliver best practices education to long-term care providers in Texas nursing homes.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has updated the Electronic Visit Verification Visit Maintenance Unlock Request templates, VMUR job aids, and VMUR policy on the EVV webpage.

A recording of the Dec. 11, 2024, nursing facility provider webinar with Long-term Care Regulation is now available.