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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued memorandum QSO-23-13-ALL. Guidance for the Expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE).

HHSC will be providing ongoing opportunities for CLASS and DBMD providers and FMSAs to hear about recent program updates.

Texas HHSC, along with The University of Texas Steve Hicks School of Social Work, will host the 2023 Quality in Long-Term Care Conference in person at the Renaissance Hotel in Austin on Aug. 22–23.

The April 23 recording of the Intellectual and Developmental Disability Programs and Provider Investigations Quarterly Webinar with Long-term Care Regulation is available.

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

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

A recording of the April 20 Day Activity and Health Services Provider webinar with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation is now available.

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

This 2-hour training will cover the fundamental components of the Surrogate Decision-making Program (SDMP). Participants will learn how to conduct Surrogate Consent Committee (SCC) hearings and how to submit an application packet for a treatment decision, using SDMP forms.

Day activity and health services providers should attend this and all webinars with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has indicated that the blanket waiver, allowing temporary nurse aides to work for longer than four months without completing their Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Program (NATCEP) or Competency Evaluation Program (CEP), will end May 11, 2023.

HHSC has published IL 2023-11 to the CLASS, DMBD, HCS and TxHmL websites, stating that the federal COVID-19 public health emergency will end May 11, 2023.

The Texas Culture Change Coalition will host their in-person Spring 2023 conference titled, Texans Coming Together for Residents, for Staff, for All.

FEI Systems recently updated the content covered in the monthly CIMS Provider Demonstrations.

HHSC has adopted rules in the Deaf-Blind with Multiple Disabilities (DBMD) Program, effective Feb. 26, 2023. The rules implement the federal Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) settings requirements and moved the DBMD Program rules from the Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Title 40, Social Services and Assistance to Title 26, Health and Human Services .