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Home Delivered Meals provides nutritious noontime meals delivered to people in their homes on a scheduled basis. Meals may also be delivered to a location other than an individual's home, provided the location is within the provider's service area and is approved by the case worker. Those eligible for HDM are aged 18 years or older. An interest list is maintained for people interested in applying for this program. This page contains information for HDM providers.

Information about how to become an Assisted Living Facility (ALF) provider in Texas

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.

Information about the licensing and regulation of assisted living facilities (ALFs) in Texas.

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.

The Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership has identified an issue affecting Resource Utilization Group score calculations for long-term care nursing facilities.

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

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following in-person classes hosted in November.

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

Texas nursing facilities (NFs) must not transmit Minimum Data Set (MDS) Optional State Assessments (OSAs) to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES).

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is accepting informal comments from stakeholders on the draft rules for Title 26, Chapter 553, concerning Assisted Living Facility Requirements.

CDC recommends everyone six months and older be vaccinated against the flu by the end of October to avoid peak flu season.

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.

The Texas Culture Change Coalition will host their in-person fall 2023 conference, Texans Coming Together for Residents, for Staff, for All! 2.0.

Nurse Aides, Medication Aides, Nursing Facility Administrators, and Nurse Aide Training Competency Evaluation Programs are now required to use the new credentialing system in the Texas Unified Licensure Information Portal for licensing certification or permitting activities.