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The Minimum Data Set is a standardized collection of demographic and clinical information that describes a person's overall condition. All licensed nursing facilities in Texas are required to submit MDS assessments for all residents admitted into their facility. The current version is MDS 3.0.

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.

Information for Texas Emergency Response Services providers.

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

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.

HHSC Long-term Care Regulation is hosting a nursing facility provider webinar on March 12 to provide the latest updates from LTCR.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued QSO-25-12-NH (PDF).

Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is aware that an unauthorized third party impersonating the agency sent an email requesting the recipient complete and sign documents using DocuSign from HHSC employees.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission and The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing are pleased to announce a collaborative effort to improve long-term care in Texas.

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following in-person trainings hosted in El Paso Feb. 4–6.

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

Long-term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following in-person classes hosted in February and March.

Texas Health and Human Services Commission is aware that an unauthorized third party impersonating the agency sent an email requesting the verification/update of information related to Long-term Care licensure.

HHAeXchange is hosting an EVV system training webinar on Wednesday, Feb. 12, from 11 a.m. to noon Central time for Consumer Directed Services (CDS) employers who use HHAeXchange as their EVV system.