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The Minimum Data Set (MDS) 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.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
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Listing of handbooks and forms for nursing facility providers in Texas
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, Policy
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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.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, Aging
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Topics: Licensing and Credentialing, Mental Health
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Information about the licensing and regulation of nursing facilities (NFs) in Texas.
Topics: COVID-19, Licensing and Credentialing, Long-term Care Providers, Policy
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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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Information for providers of Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Centers (PPECCs). PPECCs allow minors from birth through age 20 with medically complex conditions to receive daily medical care in a non-residential setting.
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
HHSC has published proposed rule changes for the chapters in the Texas Register.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation
- Provider NewsApril 26, 2024
HHSC has published proposed rule changes for the chapters in the Texas Register.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation
- Provider NewsApril 24, 2024
The Texas Department of Health and Human Services and the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing are pleased to announce a collaborative effort to improve long-term care in Texas.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsApril 19, 2024
HHSC has published proposed rule changes for the chapters below in the following pages of the Texas Register: Chapter 744, 746, and 747.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation
- 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